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why we use <!DOCTYPE HTML> in starting of HTML .what is <!doctype HTML>

<!doctype HTML>

29th Jun 2016, 1:53 PM

pankaj kirola

9 Answers

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They are both the same. This is like shouting to the browser "I come to you as a HTML 5 file!". This way the browser does not get confused and interpret your HTML 5 wrongly.

29th Jun 2016, 2:04 PM

Daniel Chukwuji

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Do you get from the edit? It's just a declaration of the type of file.

29th Jun 2016, 2:11 PM

Daniel Chukwuji

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It is just basically just to tell the computer that you are using html.

29th Jun 2016, 3:58 PM

Aritra Jana

I know both are same..question is what is <!doctype HTML> and why we use this

29th Jun 2016, 2:09 PM

pankaj kirola

and can we create HTML page without declare this

29th Jun 2016, 2:10 PM

pankaj kirola

thnx

29th Jun 2016, 2:14 PM

pankaj kirola

Ideally, no. You would only be creating issues for browsers, since HTML 5 is not the only markup language. Remember that HTML 4 has a different declaration.

29th Jun 2016, 2:14 PM

Daniel Chukwuji

the <!doctype> declaration helps browser display a web page correctly and it is not case sensitive it defines the document type

29th Jun 2016, 2:42 PM

pankaj kirola

it s HTML 5 declare and it is not case sensitive

29th Jun 2016, 2:56 PM

Gokul S