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What is the difference between an JSONP request and AJAX request?

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  • Ajax is a generic term that means "Making an HTTP request and processing its response, from JavaScript, without leaving the page".

    JSONP is a specific means of making an Ajax request that is performed by adding a <script> element that loads an external JavaScript program that does nothing except call a specified function with some data as the first argument. It is a hack to get around the Same Origin Policy. (It is obsolete in the face of CORS which provides a much safer, and more refined, means to do the same thing).