Ajax is combination of many technologies for making it possible to develop responsive web applications.

The term Ajax stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, which is used in web development.

Ajax includes following technologies:

• HTML / XHTML
• CSS
• JavaScript / DOM

These technologies makes it possible to write today's demanding application with world class user interface.

Ajax is used to update the web page asynchronously without refreshing the entire page. This is the stand now for web application development. This also increased the experience of the users.

Check more at Developing responsive Ajax based Applications with ajax technologies.

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