Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The son of Telamon of Salamis and a warrior of great stature and prowess who fought against Troy.
  • noun The son of Ileus of Locris and a warrior of small stature and arrogant character who fought against Troy.

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  • proper noun computing A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
  • proper noun Greek mythology either of two heroes of the Trojan War
  • noun poker slang An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
  • proper noun sports Ajax Amsterdam

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  • noun a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad

Etymologies

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Short for asynchronous JavaScript and XML

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From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴας.

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Phonetic similarity to ace jack.

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Examples

  • In our site root we create a new folder AJAX and a file called ajax_framework.js where we will add in the next lessons all the javascript functions to use Ajax functionalities with our site.

    XMLHttpRequest and site structure 2007

  • Anyways, a day will come when flash/ajax/younameit will become user friendly enough for everybody to use, right now, flash is development hell compared to the ease of html, most dynamic websites can be converted to use Ajax but even then – why bother going through the extra expense and extended development cycle for a first run of a site.

    Glogster – Like Geocities (in a bad way), And In Flash Michael Arrington 2005

  • AJAX -- A 19-year-old Ajax man faces several charges after a laser was pointed at the Durham Regional Police helicopter.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • AJAX -- Police are trying to identify a man who approached and grabbed a child near the Ajax lakeshore on Good Friday.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • AJAX - There will be lots of construction surrounding the Ajax

    nextwebgen.com 2010

  • AJAX -- Police are trying to identify a man who approached and grabbed a child near the Ajax lakeshore on Good Friday.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • AJAX -- A 19-year-old Ajax man faces several charges after a laser was pointed at the Durham Regional Police helicopter.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • AJAX -- Police are trying to identify a man who approached and grabbed a child near the Ajax lakeshore on Good Friday.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • AJAX -- A police officer was swarmed by youths when he came to the rescue of a security guard under attack at an Ajax plaza Tuesday.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • AJAX -- A 19-year-old Ajax man faces several charges after a laser was pointed at the Durham Regional Police helicopter.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

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