what is the diff b/w auto post back and post back ?

Q) what is the diff b/w auto post back and post back ? A) Autopostback - page is posted back to the server automactically based on some events in the control. a postback is performed automatically, for example when the selected value of a dropdown changes Controls that support AutoPostback includes:List itemListControlBulletedListCheckBoxListDropDownListListBoxRadioButtonListCheckBoxTextBox •postback:the page performs a POST request to itself [...]