IIFE is an immediately invoked function expression
Y'all have seen this before.
(function(myVar) {
console.log(myVar);
})("abc");
But did you know the name?
Immediately Invoked Function Expression
IIFE
And its got more variations than the above which you can see in this 2010 blog post.
http://benalman.com/news/2010/11/immediately-invoked-function-expression/
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