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title: "Is Ajax just another name for XMLHttpRequest?"  
description: "Is Ajax just another name for XMLHttpRequest?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-05-11  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/887/is-ajax-just-another-name-for-xmlhttprequest  
category: "ajax"  
tags: ["ajax"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Is Ajax just another name for XMLHttpRequest?

No. XMLHttpRequest is only part of the Ajax equation. XMLHttpRequest is the technical component that makes the asynchronous server communication possible; Ajax is our name for the overall approach described in the article, which relies not only on XMLHttpRequest, but on CSS, DOM, and other technologies.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

No. XMLHttpRequest is only part of the Ajax equation. XMLHttpRequest is the technical component that makes the asynchronous server communication possible; Ajax is our name for the overall approach described in the article, which relies not only on XMLHttpRequest, but on CSS, DOM, and other technologies.


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