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title: "What is jQuery?"  
description: "What is jQuery?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-01-18  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2277/what-is-jquery  
category: "javascript"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is jQuery?

jQuery is **fast, lightweight and feature-rich** client side JavaScript Library/Framework which helps in to traverse HTML DOM, make animations, add Ajax interaction, manipulate the page content, change the style and provide cool UI effect. It is one of the most popular client side library and as per a survey it runs on every second website.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

jQuery is **fast, lightweight and feature-rich** client side JavaScript Library/Framework which helps in to traverse HTML DOM, make animations, add Ajax interaction, manipulate the page content, change the style and provide cool UI effect. It is one of the most popular client side library and as per a survey it runs on every second website.


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