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# setTimeout()

[JS](/web/js.md) ⟩ [browser](/web/browser.md) ⟩ [web API](/web/browser/api.md) ⟩ setTimeout

{% hint style="success" %} <mark style="color:yellow;">**sets a timer**</mark> which executes code once the timer expires, cancel the timer with [clearTimeout()](/web/browser/api/cleartimeout.md).
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* [debounce(f, s)](/web/js/val/func/kind/higher/decorator/debounce-f-s.md) - suspends function calls until a specific period of time.
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* [clearTimeout()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/clearTimeout)
* [setTimeout()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/setTimeout)
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