JQuery

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A topic known well beyond its field, found in many languages.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animations, and Ajax. It is free, open-source software using the permissive MIT License. As of October 2026, jQuery is used by 65.3% of the 10 million most popular websites.

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