What is Lazy Loading?

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Published on 2008-08-30T19:20:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 21:03 UTC
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What is Lazy Loading?

[Edit after reading a few answers] Why do people use this term so often?

Say you just use a ASP/ADO recordset and load it with data or ADO.NET Datasource for a gridview.

I guess I should have asked why people use the term Lazy Loading, what "other" types are their?

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