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“Atlas” enables you to develop Web applications that can update data on a Web page by making direct calls to a Web server — without needing to round trip the page. With “Atlas”, you can take advantage of the best of ASP.NET and server-side code while doing much of the work in the browser, enabling a richer user experience. (reference)

“ASP.NET “Atlas” is the codename for a set of technologies to add Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) support to ASP.NET. It consists of a client-side script framework, server controls and more.” (reference)

“ASP.NET ‘Atlas’ provides a foundation for building rich web applications using a suite of ASP.NET Server Controls, Web Services and JavaScript libraries. These simplify and enhance application creation by providing in-built controls and components that can be used in traditional JavaScript script and event or, through ASP.NET ‘Atlas’ script.” (reference)

“I like to think of Atlas as an end-to-end framework, rather than simply being “yet another AJAX library”. Atlas is designed to be an end-to-end application framework spanning client and server development, and the communication between the two. In addition it provides an application framework that enables developers to put together components, and wire them up together.” (reference)

So, what gives with the quotes and double quotes around Atlas. Very silly.

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