AJAX is a developer’s dream, because you can:

Update a web page without reloading the page
Request data from a server – after the page has loaded
Receive data from a server – after the page has loaded
Send data to a server – in the background

AJAX is about updating parts of a web page, without reloading the whole page.

AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript and XML although you don’t need to know XML to use AJAX.

AJAX is a technique for creating fast and dynamic web pages.

AJAX allows web pages to be updated asynchronously by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes. This means that it is possible to update parts of a web page, without reloading the whole page.

Classic web pages, (which do not use AJAX) must reload the entire page if the content should change.

Examples of applications using AJAX: Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Facebook.