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	<summary>jQuery object instance</summary>

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A `jQuery` instance is an instance of the [jQuery](http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery) object. Although, technically, this is an object primitive, is it useful to define this type to indicate where a jQuery instance is expected / returned.

A `jQuery` instance is created from the `jQuery` (often aliased to `$`) constructor - for example `$('#example')`. The jQuery object provides a number of methods for operating on the DOM elements in the document.

A full description of the `jQuery` type is available in the [jQuery documentation](http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery).


## Use in DataTables

Where a parameter is shown as accepting a jQuery type, or a method returning a jQuery type, it indicates that a jQuery value is accepted / returned.


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