Basically, here’s the idea.  Instead of relying solely on the remote host to provide you with your JSON files, JSONP is a standardized way for requesting formating for the JSON data that allows the client to inject code at the beginning of files produced by the server.  It’s not a perfect solution but it does help circumvent some of hobbles placed on Javascript based mashups by security sandboxes.

Remote JSON - JSONP

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