The functions of the jQuery event model are:
Provides a unified method for establishing event handlers;
Allows multiple handlers for each time type on each element;
Adopts standard event type names, such as click or mouseover;
Uses Event instances that can be used as arguments to handlers;
Normalizes the most commonly used properties of Event instances;
Provides unified methods for canceling events and blocking default actions.
jQuery binding event handler:
bind() command
$('img').bind('click',funciton(event){alert('Hi there');}); the The statement binds the provided inline function to the image on the page as a click event handler.
Build event handlers without browser-specific code