Definition: The Textarea object is used to access textarea fields within forms from Javascript. This is not a reserved word so you can declare your own variable or function called Textarea but if you do then you will not be able to properly process any forms that contain textarea fields on your page from Javascript.
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By Stephen Chapman, About.com
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