When you first call the library you call the handle with usually with a $(). This first call is what we call a query. It usually entails a request to either.

1. Wait for the DOM to be ready
2. Load some data within the selection
3. Generate some DOM objects within the selection
4. Search the DOM tree for a CSS query

A selection is the current data or objects loaded within the JSQL framework.

The handle is the current query reference object that is used to do stuff within the JSQL framework. var THIS_IS_THE_HANDLE = $("<div>");

Kind of like a computer shortcut, a shorthand is another name for a method that does that same thing but is shorter.

A large list of functions that can be used to bind or trigger events without use of the bind, on, or trigger methods. Example: $(...).click(function () {...});