[jQuery] What does "el" mean in jQuery code?

[jQuery] What does "el" mean in jQuery code?


My question to you seasoned jQuery veterans is this:
Throughout the many plugins I have devoured while attempting to learn
all of the secrets/gloriness of jQuery, I constantly run into
something like or close to <code>function(el){ //Code Here }</code>.
I'm guessing el is short for element and it's a variable of some sort,
but knowing my luck with programming anything, I'm completely wrong.
I've searched Google all night, but to no avail. Any help would be
great, thanks! P.S. On AIM, my SN is benstockdesign. Feel free to IM
me anytime (No cybering ladies... I'm strictly keeping my mind on
traversing, chaining, and manipulating! haha).
-Ben Stock, jQuery/Scripting Newb