“The purpose of this article is to demonstrate through a series of baby steps just how easy it is to use the XMLHttpRequest object.”

“XMLHttpRequest is a native JavaScript object allowing further HTTP requests to be made from a page which has already loaded. It allows Microrequests to be made in response to user events in a web page, rather than requiring a complete page reload, making it possible to implement some notion of a rich client user interface, similar to desktop applications.”

“100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time.”

“Google Suggest and Google Maps are two examples of a new approach to web applications that we at Adaptive Path have been calling Ajax. The name is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML, and it represents a fundamental shift in what´s possible on the Web.”