title: Understanding the difference between semantics of AJAX vs post/get?
body: <p>I am trying to understand what the term 'AJAX' actually implies. I do understand it stands for Async JAvascript over Xml.. And I understand that it doesn't necessarily require XML (we can use json for example). I understand that AJAX is a paradigm of updating only a partial web page without requiring a full post/refresh to the server.</p>
  
  <p>What my question is one of semantics: if I create a web page with a button that when pushed will call jQuery.Get() to a server to refresh a page with partially - does this mean I am using AJAX?</p>
  
  <p>Or, is AJAX very specifically a set of Microsoft objects / technologies?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for the clarification</p>