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ajax json server file

hi,

i was trying to understand below ajax json example using xmlhttpobject to get file data from server
https://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjson_ajax

i am not sure what is happening here.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h2>Use the XMLHttpRequest to get the content of a file.</h2>
<p>The content is written in JSON format, and can easily be converted into a JavaScript object.</p>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>

var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
        var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
        document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myObj.name;
    }
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "json_demo.txt", true);
xmlhttp.send();

</script>

<p>Take a look at <a href="json_demo.txt" target="_blank">json_demo.txt</a></p>

</body>
</html>

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what it means by below?
target="_blank

where is the server path?

what is meaning of below lines

var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myObj.name;
}
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "json_demo.txt", true);
xmlhttp.send();
when is onreadystatechange related function called and what is 4 and 200 here?
why we need to use JSON.parse
and
document.getElementById
and
myObj.name;??

please advise

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h2>Use the XMLHttpRequest to get the content of a file.</h2>
<p>The content is written in JSON format, and can easily be converted into a JavaScript object.</p>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>

var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
        var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
        document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myObj.name;
    }
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "json_demo.txt", true);
xmlhttp.send();

</script>

<p>Take a look at <a href="json_demo.txt" target="_blank">json_demo.txt</a></p>

</body>
</html>

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if no server how it is fetching the file.
what is overall flow of this example. how ajax related to this
it simply displays json in next tab?
please advise