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Client-Side Object Hierarchy

Client-side JavaScript has access to a suite of client-side objects that represent the browser, browser windows and frames, HTML documents, and elements within HTML documents. These objects are structured in a hierarchy as shown in Figure 11.1.

Figure 11-1. The client-side object hierarchy

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