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title: "What is the difference between Node.js vs Ajax?"  
description: "What is the difference between Node.js vs Ajax?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2021-02-19  
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category: "node.js"  
tags: ["ajax", "node js"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between Node.js vs Ajax?

Where the most common difference between Ajax and Node.js is that, For the Ajax, it is a client side technology, often used for updating the contents of the page without refreshing it.

And while, the Node.js is a server-side JavaScript, its used for developing server software. The Node.js does not execute in the browser but by the server.

The mean of Ajax is short for Asynchronous Javascript and XML.

## Answers

### Answer by Rahul Roi

Where the most common difference between Ajax and Node.js is that, For the Ajax, it is a client side technology, often used for updating the contents of the page without refreshing it.

And while, the Node.js is a server-side JavaScript, its used for developing server software. The Node.js does not execute in the browser but by the server.

The mean of Ajax is short for Asynchronous Javascript and XML.


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