ISP Glossary Find an ISP Term

Search ISP Sites

Search: Search internet.com

ISP Resources ISP-Lists ISP Glossary ISP News CLEC-Planet The List ISPCON Free Newsletter IT Developer Internet News Small Business Personal Technology Search internet.com Advertise Corporate Info Newsletters Tech Jobs E-mail Offers internet.commerce Be a Commerce Partner

Search for an ISP term
by a keyword...	...or by category. choose one... Communications Computer Industry Companies Computer Science Data Graphics Hardware Internet and Online Services Mobile Computing Multimedia Networks Operating Systems Programming Software Standards Types of Computers World Wide Web

XMLHTTP Last modified: Monday, September 20, 2004
Short for Extensible Markup Language Hypertext Transfer Protocol, a set of APIs that enables XML, HTML or binary data to be transmitted to and from Web servers over the Internet using HTTP. An advantage of XMLHTTP is that when files that are ASPs or CGI programs are queried from the server, the XMLHTTP object continuously queries the server transparently to retrieve the latest information without the user having to repeatedly refresh the browser. XMLHTTP enables streamed content through DHMTL rather than ActiveX controls or Java applets.
Communicate With the Server Using XMLHTTP With an understanding of XMLHTTP and ASP, learn how to send XML back and forth from the server. The Power of the XMLHTTP Library XMLHTTP in a nutshell. Using Microsoft's XMLHTTP Object to Get Data From Other Web Pages A tutorial using Microsoft’s XML DOM components. XMLHTTP: Super Glue for the Web This article from 15 Seconds explains why XMLHTTP is a better method for retrieving data than just XML.	Related Categories Browsers Web Development XML Related Terms ActiveX control API dynamic HTML HTTP XML