what does fetch mean in javascript code example

Example 1: http request javascript fetch

fetch('http://example.com/movies.json')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Example 2: fetch api in javascript

// GET Request.
fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users')
    // Handle success
    .then(response => response.json())  // convert to json
    .then(json => console.log(json))    //print data to console
    .catch(err => console.log('Request Failed', err)); // Catch errors

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