This explanation is the most thorough I've found. It also happens to be the first Google result for "javascript closures". http://jibbering.com/faq/notes/closu

This explanation is the most thorough I've found. It also happens to be the first Google result for "javascript closures". http://jibbering.com/faq/notes/closures/ http://jibbering.com/faq/notes/closures/