This reminds me of when the term AJAX was introduced. I thought it was a stupid attempt to foist a "cool" name on an already existing term. Yet it may be coinc

This reminds me of when the term AJAX was introduced. I thought it was a stupid attempt to foist a "cool" name on an already existing term. Yet it may be coincidental but that seemed to coincide with the time that using an XMLHTTPRequest took off. Maybe the branding worked?