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"AJAX" seems plainly inaccurate for the vast majority of these requests in 2023. However, like Kleenex it has certainly been genericized.

In my browser's Network tab, they are categorized as "XHR" requests, but my understanding is that this wouldn't even be technically accurate for requests being made using Fetch vs XMLHttpRequest requests.

So is there an actual, proper, generic term? And if not -- how is this possible? Programmers LOVE using explicit, proper terminology.

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  • XHR is a technology used to support the technique AJAX.
    – Frank Thomas
    Commented Aug 21, 2023 at 18:38
  • I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you there. At least in that being relevant to this question.
    – Offlein
    Commented Aug 21, 2023 at 19:13
  • developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest
    – Frank Thomas
    Commented Aug 21, 2023 at 19:23
  • Think of the X in AJAX as being a placeholder for many types of data .. XML, JSON, arraybuffer, blob, text ... or it could be renamed AJAXJABT - but that's a mouthful
    – Jaromanda X
    Commented Aug 22, 2023 at 0:03
  • @FrankThomas I understand, but it is irrelevant to the question. The implication must that XHR and Fetch are two technologies used to make "AJAX requests". I suppose I can infer that, in your opinion, the answer to my question is "AJAX request".
    – Offlein
    Commented Aug 22, 2023 at 18:08

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