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Expand Up @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ For example, we can use a network request to:

...And all of that without reloading the page!

Fetch is not limited to network request though. It can load local assets dynamically, like SVGs, HTML fragments, or configurations. For example, `fetch("face.svg")` becomes useful when you need to modify the SVG element dynamically.

There's an umbrella term "AJAX" (abbreviated <b>A</b>synchronous <b>J</b>avaScript <b>A</b>nd <b>X</b>ML) for network requests from JavaScript. We don't have to use XML though: the term comes from old times, that's why that word is there. You may have heard that term already.

There are multiple ways to send a network request and get information from the server.
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