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title: "What are the differences between AJAX and JavaScript?"  
description: "What are the differences between AJAX and JavaScript?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-09-02  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2124/what-are-the-differences-between-ajax-and-javascript  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are the differences between AJAX and JavaScript?

The differences between AJAX and JavaScript are given as follows:

AJAX sends request to the server and does not wait for the response. It performs other operations on the page during that time. JavaScript make a request to the server and waits for response.

AJAX does not require the page to refresh for downloading the whole page while JavaScript manages and controls a Web page after being downloaded.

AJAX minimizes the overload on the server since the script needs to request once while JavaScript posts a request that updates the script every time.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

The differences between AJAX and JavaScript are given as follows:

AJAX sends request to the server and does not wait for the response. It performs other operations on the page during that time. JavaScript make a request to the server and waits for response.

AJAX does not require the page to refresh for downloading the whole page while JavaScript manages and controls a Web page after being downloaded.

AJAX minimizes the overload on the server since the script needs to request once while JavaScript posts a request that updates the script every time.


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