Although it's more precise to use the word to mean "a fresh environment that inh...

		mquander on Feb 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's Wrong with the For Loop Although it's more precise to use the word to mean "a fresh environment that inherits bindings from the parent environment" (your Javascript meaning), a lot of people for whatever reason just use "closure" to mean "any anonymous function" (the meaning in the article.)

Honestly this has been the first time when I've seen them interchanged.