title: Jar (disambiguation)
text: # Jar (disambiguation)
  
  A jar is a type of rigid, cylindrical container.
  
  Jar(s), JAR, or The Jar(s) may also refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  ### Film
  
  * The Jar, a 1984 American horror film directed by Bruce Toscano
  * The Jar: A Tale From the East, a 2001 Syrian animated film
  * JAR Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company
  
  ### Literature
  
  * "The Jar", a 1944 story by Ray Bradbury
  
  ### Music
  
  * The Jars, an American new wave band 1978–1982
  * Flybanger, originally Jar, a Canadian metal band
  * JaR, the duo Jay Graydon and Randy Goodrum
  * Jar (album), by Superheaven, 2013
  * "J.A.R.", a song by Green Day, 1995
  * "Jars" (song), by Chevelle, 2009
  * "Jars", a song by Downthesun from Downthesun, 2002
  * "Jars", a song by the Black Dahlia Murder from Nightbringers, 2017
  
  ## Military and government
  
  * Jar (unit), an obsolete Royal Navy unit of capacitance
  * Joint Aviation Requirements, issued by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities
  * Order of the Jar, a medieval Spanish military order
  
  ## People
  
  * Alexandru Jar (1911–1988), Romanian poet and novelist
  * Gabriel Jars (1732–1769), French mining and metallurgical specialist
  
  ## Places
  
  ### Places
  
  * Car, Azerbaijan, a village in Zaqatala District, Azerbaijan
  * Jar, Iran, in Isfahan Province
  * Jar, Kurdistan, Iran
  * Jar, Norway, in Bærum
     * Jar station, an Oslo Metro and the Oslo Tramway station
     * Jar IL, a sports club
  * Jars, Cher, France
  * Jewish Autonomous Oblast, or Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia
  * Plain of Jars, Laos
  
  ### Structures
  
  * JAR Stadium, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  * James A. Rhodes Arena, on the campus of the University of Akron, Ohio, US
  * John A. Ryan Arena, a hockey rink in Watertown, Massachusetts, US
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Jamming avoidance response, of weakly electric fish
  * JAR (file format), Java ARchive file
  * Drilling jar, part of a well drill string
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Jarawa language (Nigeria) (ISO 639-3 code)
  * Jar, a Procter & Gamble brand
  