XmlHttpRequest

XML HTTP Request object - part of AJAX

used by Google Suggest, GMail, and other things to provide Thin Client more-live interaction.

tutorial http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/

http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=216588

http://allinthehead.com/retro/241/

http://advogato.org/person/lgs/diary.html?start=23

http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/xmlhttpreq.html

http://jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html

<http://blog4.bitflux.ch/wiki/Live Search>

http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/resources/programming/xmlhttprequest/examples

inconsistently implemented across browsers! http://www.mnot.net/blog/2006/01/23/test_xmlhttprequest