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whats_this_do.js
// what does this do?:
(function(){
var i = 5;
}());
// is it like a javascript hack equivalent to the jQuery(document).ready()? e.g.:
$(function() {
var i = 5;
});
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(function(){alert("WHAK.com")}()); is a auto running function, see it live on http://jsfiddle.net/d48jb6yw/.

Closure controller? This technically is called a wrapped "IIFE". This stands for Immediately Invoked Function Expression, more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immediately-invoked_function_expression

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