XHR
↔ XML HTTP Request
Source: XHR (XMLHttpRequest) - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms | MDN
aka XML-HTTP-Request
provides method to send network requests between browser-server
XHR and all async tasks handled by callbacks are susceptible to Callback Hell
References
AJAX
↔ (process) to Asynchronous Data Fetch from Server (via clunky legacy XHR methods)