Glossary

The glossary provides definitions for many of the technical terms specific to Java Web Services. Definitions often reference other definitions, and terms appearing in italics are defined within the glossary.

Ajax  A Web browser-based user interface development technique that is short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. Ajax is primarily used to create Web browser user interfaces that do not require full-page refreshes each time new data is retrieved from the server. Ajax programmers use the JavaScript type XMLHttpRequest to exchange data with the server behind the scenes (i.e., without having to reload the entire HTML page being displayed by the browser). When new data (usually in XML format) is received by an XMLHttpRequest instance, ...

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