# What is AJAX? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 9, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853 "2006-01-09T20:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/1 "2006-01-09T20:29:44Z")
What is AJAX? SteveT Steve L. Author: - Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware - Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist - Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster - [Troubleshooters.Com](http://Troubleshooters.Com) - [http://www.troubleshooters.com](http://www.troubleshooters.com) ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/2 "2006-01-09T20:32:45Z")
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Steve L. wrote: > What is AJAX? Steve. Come on. The last time you wrote an email like this “What is SwitchTower?”, everyone told you to Google it. The first result when Googling for Ajax is a Wikipedia entry explaining what it is. marcel ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/3 "2006-01-09T20:44:50Z")
A simple google search returns this result: > **[Ajax (programming)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX)** > > Ajax (also AJAX /ˈeɪdʒæks/; short for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML") is a set of web development techniques that uses various web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax, web applications can send and retrieve data from a server asynchronously (in the background) without interfering with the display and behaviour of the existing page. By decoupling the data interchange layer from the presentation layer, Ajax allows web pages and, by extension, Aja... ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/4 "2006-01-09T21:36:17Z")
On 1/9/06, Marcel Molina Jr. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Steve L. wrote: > > > What is AJAX? > > Steve. Come on. The last time you wrote an email like this “What is > SwitchTower?”, everyone told you to Google it. The first result when Googling > for Ajax is a Wikipedia entry explaining what it is. Does anyone else see the irony in having to explain this to the guy who wrote “Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware”? ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/5 "2006-01-09T20:50:51Z")
> What is AJAX? [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ajax&btnI=Google+Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ajax&btnI=Google+Search) 🙂 ( that takes me to [Ajax (programming) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX) ) ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/6 "2006-01-09T23:34:47Z")
On Monday 09 January 2006 03:35 pm, James L. wrote: > On 1/9/06, Marcel Molina Jr. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Steve L. wrote: > > > > > What is AJAX? > > > > Steve. Come on. The last time you wrote an email like this “What is > > SwitchTower?”, everyone told you to Google it. The first result when > > Googling for Ajax is a Wikipedia entry explaining what it is. > > Does anyone else see the irony in having to explain this to the guy > who wrote “Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware”? Well, now that you mention it, yes. Perhaps a greater irony is it’s the guy who wrote “Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist”. OK everyone, I promise never to ask another definition on this list until I’ve googled and Wikipedia’ed. 🙂 And to all, thanks for the references to Google and Wikipedia. The Wikipedia entry is informative. Thanks SteveT Steve L. Author: - Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware - Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist - Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster - [Troubleshooters.Com](http://Troubleshooters.Com) - [http://www.troubleshooters.com](http://www.troubleshooters.com) ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-ajax/94853/7 "2006-01-09T22:09:37Z")
yes and its hilarious