What is AJAX?

If you are learning Dot-Net or interested in learning it, sure you would have come across the below two terms and you want to know what are they.

LINQ is a language library to make query with database easier.

AJAX is a script for creating background page request.

Now many don’t have clear meaning of AJAX and what it means. It stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML(Extendible Markup Language).

So, if you know the meaning of Asynchronous you can understand better.

Synchronous – If a form request is sent, the entire page is refreshed and the server returns the page, so, we need to wait for one application to get completed and then move to another.

Asynchronous- If a form request is sent to server, the particular form alone gets back data from server. Till that time we can use other forms present in the site.

Another term also you would have heard is Silver Light. As a beginner you need not worry about this much. In simple term Silver Light is a plug-in for browser to enhance the features and quality of the web applications.