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Changed the sidenote explaining where timeouts belong to with some explanation.
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Since JavaScript is asynchronous, it is possible to schedule the execution of a
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function using the `setTimeout` and `setInterval` functions.
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> **Note:** Timeouts are **not** part of the ECMAScript Standard. They are
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> implemented as part of the [DOM][1].
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> **Note:** Timeouts are **not** part of the ECMAScript standard. They were
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> implemented in [BOM, or DOM Level 0][1], which are never defined nor
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> documented formally. No recommended specification has been published so far,
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> however, they are currently being standardized by [HTML5][2]. Due to this
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> nature, the implementation may vary from browsers and engines.
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function foo() {}
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var id = setTimeout(foo, 1000); // returns a Number > 0
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Furthermore, the use of `setInterval` should be avoided because its scheduler is not
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[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model "Document Object Model"
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[1]: http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2009/09/29/web-definitions-dom-ajax-and-more/ "Web definitions: DOM, Ajax, and more"
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[2]: http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-html5-20140617/webappapis.html#timers "6 Web application APIs - HTML5"

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