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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Dom Bannon wrote:
>> Dumb question #1: what exactly is 'window'?
> 
> It is a host-defined property of the ECMAScript Global Object which value
> is a reference to an object that represents the view of the document that
> contains the script code.

… or includes it with a `script' element that has a `src' attribute 
specified.


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