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HTML Treehouse Club: HTML Publish a Story HTML Structure

Posted by kilian garland
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kilian garland
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,343 Points

Doctype stands for?

Doctype stands for?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

It's short for "document type".
For web development, "<!DOCTYPE html>" is probably the only document type declaration you'll ever use.

Fran ADP
Fran ADP
6,304 Points
Fran ADP
Fran ADP
6,304 Points

It is telling the browser what type of document and web page it is.