Is JQuery $.post() asynchronous?

Question

Is $.post asynchronous? So if I did the commands like so below would they all be done at once instead of being synchronous (1 done, wait, then the next, etc.) ?

$(document).ready(function() {
    var variable1 = '1';
    var variable2 = '2';
    var variable3 = '3';
    var variable4 = '4';

    $.post("process.php", {element1: variable1}, function(data){
        $("#area1").html(data);
    });

    $.post("process.php", {element2: variable2}, function(data){
        $("#area3").html(data);
    });

    $.post("process.php", {element3: variable3}, function(data){
        $("#area4").html(data);
    });

    $.post("process.php", {element4: variable4}, function(data){
        $("#area4").html(data);
    });
});

Answer 1

By default $.post() function is asynchronous

If you want it to be synchronous Samuel J Mathew's is correct. But if you want to keep using $.post() instead of $.ajax(), you should do it this way:

$.ajaxSetup({async: false});  
$.post();

remember to set async back to true. Good Luck!