When does $(document).ready() fire?

Question

The comments from this question got me thinking about something. When exactly does the $(document).ready() function fire? The obvious answer would be \"when the

Answer 1

According to the jQuery site, $( document ).ready() will only run once the page Document Object Model (DOM) is ready for JavaScript code to execute.

Reference: http://learn.jquery.com/using-jquery-core/document-ready/