Ajax, sometimes written as AJAX (shorthand for
asynchronous JavaScript + XML), is a group of interrelated web
development techniques used on the client-side to create interactive web
applications or rich Internet applications. With Ajax, web applications
can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background
without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
The use of Ajax has led to an increase in interactive animation on web
pages and better quality of Web services thanks to the asynchronous
mode. Data is retrieved using the XMLHttpRequest object. Despite the
name, the use of JavaScript and XML is not actually required, nor do the
requests need to be asynchronous.
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