AJAX stands for Asynchronous Javascript And XML
- AJAX is not a programming language
- AJAX is a way of using existing standards (JavaScript and XML) to make more interactive web applications
- AJAX was popularized in 2005 by Google (with Google suggest) not a programming language a particular way of using JavaScript downloads data from a server in the background allows dynamically updating a page without making the user wait aids in the creation of rich, user-friendly web sites