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jQuery popularized use of CSS selectors in clients, and probably had a role in browser vendors adding querySelectorAll.

implicit iteration (obviating for-loops) across a node-set, type-agnostic starting points (constructor accepts a snippet of HTML, a selector, a node or another jQuery object), and simple chaining (functions return 'this') enable concise code

on top of this it smooths out DOM API inconsistencies and quirks between browsers

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A deconstruction would look more at things like subconscious signaling, cultural values and biological influences. For a funny play on the less interesting distractions that a lot of deconstructionists of the last century embarrassed themselves with see dugmartin's comment above, I was trying to lean away from that school by using the word semiotic, but dugmartin expertly nailed that too :)

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