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Ajax is a technology that has taken the Web by storm and has prompted the Web 2.0 revolution. The technology was originally developed by Microsoft to power a web-based version of its Outlook e-mail software. Microsoft implemented Ajax as an ActiveX control that could be used by its browser, Internet Explorer, and be called from JavaScript to perform asynchronous browser requests.
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Rocher, G., Brown, J. (2009). Ajax. In: The Definitive Guide to Grails. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0871-6_8
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