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Posted by saad
saad
26,165 Points

Difference between <!Doctype html> and <html> tags?

Hi Guys,

What is the difference between <!Doctype html> and <html> tags?

Thanks!

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

An <html> tag is a root element, holding all the content of an HTML document, and it also tells the browser that you're using HTML.

The <!DOCTYPE> tag tells the browser which version of HTML you're using.

saad
saad
26,165 Points
saad
saad
26,165 Points

Thank you :-)