Your snippet of code looks like it’s referencing methods from one of the popular JavaScript libraries (jQuery, ProtoType, mooTools, and so on).
There’s nothing mysterious about the use of $ in JavaScript. $ is simply a valid JavaScript identifier.
JavaScript allows upper and lower letters, numbers, and $ and _. The $ was intended to be used for machine-generated variables (such as $0001).
Prototype, jQuery, and most javascript libraries use the $ as the primary base object (or function). Most of them also have a way to relinquish the $ so that it can be used with another library that uses it. In that case you use jQuery instead of $. In fact, $ is just a shortcut for jQuery.
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