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Eslam Shehata
Courses Plus Student 691 PointsWhat is the different between?
What is the different between <!DOCTYPE html>, <html></html> and index.html when they all represented for one purpose?!! I mean it all saying that this is an html file or codes why not only one thing not the 3, is there a specific function for each one separately?!
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J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points"<!DOCTYPE html> is an instruction of which html version you gonna use in your html document. In this case <!DOCTYPE html> is an HTML 5 doctype, which means your document will accept HTML 5 tags and wil validate your document on those rules that already set by W3C." - Navid
Navid Mirzaie Milani
6,274 PointsNavid Mirzaie Milani
6,274 Points<!DOCTYPE html>is an instruction of which html version you gonna use in your html document. In this case<!DOCTYPE html>is an HTML 5 doctype, which means your document will accept HTML 5 tags and wil validate your document on those rules that already set by W3C. you can use HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Strict etc.More information about doctypes