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What is JSONP and why was it created? Explain in simple terms with examples

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner frontend developer and I'm trying to understand cross-domain requests. I know about CORS, but I came across JSONP mentioned in old projects and in the documentation for some APIs (for example, the old version of the Google Maps API). I don't quite understand how it works. It seems to be a way to bypass browser restrictions on requests to another domain. But how exactly? And why is the word "padding" used in the name? Suppose I have this JavaScript code that tries to get data from another server: ```javascript // Regular fetch request to another domain fetch('https://api.example.com/data') .then(response => response.json()) .then(data => console.log(data)) .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error)); ``` This code won't work if