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What does this <!DOCTYPE html> signifies?

Every coding I have seen Till now has this written in starting....so that made me curious to know...

11th Jun 2017, 4:04 PM
Aditya Singh
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it only signifies that you are using HTML5.. the latest HTML
11th Jun 2017, 4:15 PM
Dillion
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it indicates that you are using html5
11th Jun 2017, 4:08 PM
cHiRaG GhOsH
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so as to know more you can refer to the last chapter of html course in Sololearn
11th Jun 2017, 4:10 PM
cHiRaG GhOsH
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I had the same curiosity. Thank You! 😄
11th Jun 2017, 4:14 PM
Johastef
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it is used to support html5 (the latest version) in your document and it allows you to code with some new tags,elements etc.
11th Jun 2017, 6:01 PM
Petros Papageorgiou
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yeah actually I started using solo learn 3 days ago...so I'm new to this coding WORLD......
11th Jun 2017, 4:12 PM
Aditya Singh
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ty...
11th Jun 2017, 4:17 PM
Aditya Singh
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ty
11th Jun 2017, 6:03 PM
Aditya Singh
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Oh... thank you
11th Jun 2017, 4:10 PM
Aditya Singh
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