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What is need of <DOCTYPE ! html> at starting off some HTMLs but not at ending

17th Aug 2017, 1:00 AM

MAYANK JHA

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The <!DOCTYPE> declaration must be the very first thing in your HTML document, before the <html> tag. The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is not an HTML tag; it is an instruction to the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in. In HTML 4.01, the <!DOCTYPE> declaration refers to a DTD, because HTML 4.01 was based on SGML. The DTD specifies the rules for the markup language, so that the browsers render the content correctly. 😅😅😅😅😅🍒

17th Aug 2017, 1:05 AM

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