AJAX literally is "async request from the client to the server". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)#Technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aj

AJAX literally is "async request from the client to the server". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)#Technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)#Technologie... XML (the X in AJAX) is not even necessary as JSON came in. Any React/Vue/Angular/... client application using `fetch` to make a request, is making an AJAX request. Just because you haven't seen the term in a long time does not mean it is outdated.