Why jQuery is called jQuery? What is the name reason? [closed]

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I know j in jQuery stands for JavaScript but what about query in jQuery ? What does that stand for ?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query

jQuery is -- at it's root -- about finding dom objects (using selectors) and manipulating them. You're querying the DOM for elements.

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John Resig's reply to someone claiming the name "JQuery" for a project already:

I was, originally, going to use JSelect, but all the domain names were taken already. I then did a search before I decided to call the project jQuery, saw your project, and also saw that it hadn't been updated since "October 26, 2004: JQuery 3.1.3". So, I assumed it was defunct.

See http://ejohn.org/blog/barcampnyc-wrap-up/#comment-1927

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I presume it has to do with the fact that it's often used to query the DOM, via selectors and so forth.