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Explain the basic structure of an HTML document.

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An HTML document is a doctype followed by one <html> root element, which holds a <head> for metadata and a <body> for content.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
    <!-- Content goes here -->
</body>
</html>
  • <!DOCTYPE html> tells the browser to render in standards mode. It no longer names an HTML version.
  • <html> is the root element that contains every other element. Its lang attribute lets screen readers pronounce the content correctly.
  • <head> holds metadata that the page does not display, such as the title and links to stylesheets.
  • <meta charset="UTF-8"> declares the character encoding. It must appear within the first 1024 bytes of the document.
  • <title> names the page in the browser tab.
  • <body> contains the visible page content.
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