what is the meaning of the word “this” in Jquery script

Question

Hello I\'m a newcomer in JavaScript and JQuery language. I started to see some examples of JQuery script.

i have the following code segment:

Answer 1

Most time in such snippets of jQuery this refers to HTMLElement object. Here this is the HTMLParagraphElement or P tag object.
$(this) refers to the jQuery object created from current HTMLElement object.

But keep in mind in JavaScript the meaning this changes depending on where the function is called.