Explain the basic structure of an HTML document.

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An HTML document has a standard structure:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
    <!-- Content goes here -->
</body>
</html>

- <!DOCTYPE html>: Declares the document type and HTML version
- <html>: Root element containing all other elements
- <head>: Contains metadata, title, links to stylesheets
- <body>: Contains the visible page content

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