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ajax | selector |

As a preposition ajax

is (polari) nearby, over there.

As a noun selector is

someone or something which selects or chooses different options.

ajax

English

(wikipedia Ajax)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.

    • Etymology 2

    Humorous respelling of a jakes.

    Noun

  • A toilet.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.13:
  • *:I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation.

    • Etymology 3

    Short for asynchronous JavaScript and XML .

    Alternative forms

    * AJAX

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
  • * 2005 , Jesse James Garrett, Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
    • An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by…

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (sports)

    • Etymology 4

    Phonetic similarity to ace jack.

    Noun

  • (poker slang) An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
    • References
    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Etymology 5

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A town in Ontario, Canada
  • A ghost town in Utah

    • selector

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something which selects or chooses different options.
  • # (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
  • # (internet) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
  • # (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
  • #* 1990 , Byte (volume 15, issues 11-13, page 256)
  • Phar Lap executables provide a protected-mode selector , 34h, that maps to the first megabyte of physical memory.
  • #* 1995 , Lary L. Myers, ?Keith Weiskamp, Amazing 3-D games adventure set (page 235)
  • You will only have to be concerned with DPMI, selectors , and such, if you use Borland C++ in DOS.

    • Anagrams

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    Derived terms

    * uniselector English agent nouns