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Why do you need this tag?

Answer 1

It defines the document type for the respective client. Popular cases are HTML vs. XML in browser view. Therefore the browser needs the information, which type is contained in the file (HTML, XML, other).

Answer 2

It tells browser that we are writing HTML5!

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