What does bind and unbind mean in jquery?

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Binding: coupling an handler to an element(s), that will run when an event occurs on said element(s). Depending on what kind of event you want to handle you'd use different functions like `click(function)` (alt: `bind('click', function)` or `focus(function)` (alt: `bind('focus', function)`.

Unbinding: de-coupling of an handler from an element(s), so that when an event occurs the handler function will no longer run. Unbinding is always the same; `unbind('click', function)` to unbind a certain handler, `unbind('click')` to unbind ALL click handlers, and `unbind()` to unbind ALL handlers. You can substitute `click` for other types of events of course.

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