A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment, or a task or project that may or may not be compensated. Job may also refer to: Places Job, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States Job, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in central France People Job (given name) Job (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Literature Job (novel), a novel by Joseph Roth Job: A Comedy of Justice, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein Other media Job (Shea), a sculpture by Judith Shea Job, a 1950 opera by Luigi Dallapiccola Job, an 1892 oratorio by Hubert Parry Job: A Masque for Dancing, a ballet by Ralph Vaughan Williams Computing Job (computing) or job stream, a unit of work in a computer processing environment Job (Unix), a representation of a process group for process control in a Unix shell Religion Patriarch Job of Moscow, d. 1607, Russian leader Job (biblical figure), the central character in the Book of Job Book of Job, part of the Hebrew Bible Job in Islam, a prophet in Islam Other uses Job (professional wrestling), in professional wrestling, the act of losing a match JOB (rolling papers), a brand of cigarette paper Job, slang for a crime, especially a robbery See also J.O.B. Records, a defunct record label which specialized in blues and R&B The Job (disambiguation) Jobs (disambiguation) Jobbing (disambiguation) Jobber (disambiguation) Jobe