Which jQuery functions apply to containing window w/out parent-child?

Which jQuery functions apply to containing window w/out parent-child?

Some JavaScript functions like window.resizeTo will work on the same browser window where the JavaScript resides. There is no parent-child relationship, like using a script with CSS to turn a DIV into a new window with specified traits. I'm wondering what jQuery functions have the same capability, and what rules govern their use? This would appear to me to be a specific category of functionality. 

-Okieuser