Understanding the javascript THIS keyword
<p>I have tried to find an answer to this question by searching the web, but haven't had any luck. Most information is much more complicated then I expected this answer to be, and none actually answered this question.</p>

<p>In this tag:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;form method="post" action="process.php" name="processform" id="form1" onsubmit="return validate(this)"&gt;
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<p>What does "this" refer to?</p>

<p>If I was going to replace "this" with a hard-coded reference to the same object what would I replace it with?</p>
