DOM selection vs caching

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Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="MyElement">
  element
</div>
<script>
  var x = $('#MyElement'),
      y;
</script>

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DOM selection
y = $('#MyElement');
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variable reference
y = x;
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