noConflict – conflict

My WP site’s theme makes use of Photoswipe to present Images.
I get Javascript errors whenever the $ variable is used to begin a jQuery function like in

$(document).ready(...

My question: Is noConflict used just as a precaution to avoid problems with critical libraries which MIGHT be in use somewhere, or are there inherent reasons in the GPX-Viewer-Plugin?

I commented out

echo '<script type="text/javascript">jQuery.noConflict();</script>
        ';

in map_functions.php as a quick & dirty measure and it all seems to work.

Thank You in advance for an estimation,
Michael

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