I think the biggest confusion about AJAX is that a lot of people think it is a programming language, but it is actually a web technology. AJAX is a new way of using existing web standards. Using AJAX involves applying techniques to the web development to enable more efficient use of exchanging data with a server; such as updating only a portion of the site as oppose to the entire page.
These sites helped me get familiar with AJAX techniques:
Very informative. I had pretty much zero knowledge on AJAX, but that W3Schools link in particular piqued my interest.
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