Implicit and explicit wait in selenium

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Implicit and explicit wait are two types of wait in Selenium used to synchronize the test execution with the application.

Implicit wait is used to set a default waiting time for the web elements to load before throwing an exception.
Explicit wait is used to wait for a specific condition to occur before proceeding with the test execution.
Implicit wait is set globally for the entire test script while explicit wait is set for a specific web element or condition.
Examples of explicit wait include waiting for an element to be clickable, visible, or present.
Examples of implicit wait include waiting for the page to load or for an AJAX call to complete.

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