# Noob: different bt. target and object that register the listener?

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**Created:** [October 7, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-different-bt-target-and-object-that-register-the-listener/240879 "2007-10-07T18:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![yann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bc79bd/32.png) [@yann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yann)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-different-bt-target-and-object-that-register-the-listener/240879/1 "2007-10-07T18:49:10Z")

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Sorry for the noob question…

I’m going through the AS 3.0 Moock book right now and everything was pretty clear until now… But I got to the event handler chapter and after reading that section over and over, I can’t figure out _clearly_ the distinction between “the object that registers the listener” and the “target”… I thought they were the same but they’re clearly not according to the book, so I guess I don’t really understand one of these concepts (or both…)

Some sort of dumbed down practical illustration of these concepts would be great… If you don’t have the time, I’ll definitely understand - Thanks for reading that far 😉