Simple AJAX Process

Asynchronous Javascript And XML or AJAX is not a new technology.
You won't see anything that you haven't seen before.

AJAX is a way of thinking about web page design as a sum of parts from various sources.

Here is a simple example: http://www.papproth.com/Examples/AjaxTest.htm
Click on the link, and then select View/Source in the browser to review the Javascript code.

The basic function of this application is to open a web page, request input, and then refresh results from the originating server without requiring a round-trip back to the server for the entire page.