An acronym standing for Asynchronous Javascript And XML. This more generally refers to a family of techniques for increasing Web Application responsiveness by moving some processing work ClientSide and when possible transmitting raw data (as opposed to full web pages) using XML (or HTML snippets).
The term appears to have been coined by Jesse James Garrett in his article Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
Web Design
See also: AjaxDiscussion
category: Glossary