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doctype

doctype noun: a directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage) with a Document Type Definition, potentially affecting how it is parsed and rendered.

Noun

doctype (plural doctypes)

  1. A directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage) with a Document Type Definition, potentially affecting how it is parsed and rendered.
    • There are three XHTML 1.0 doctypes available […]2006, Paul Haine, HTML mastery: semantics, standards, and styling
    • Common idiosyncrasies that appear in web pages that don't have doctypes include varying text sizes and varying margin space between elements.2007, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008

Forms of doctype

pluraldoctypes

Origin of doctype

From document type.

Questions about doctype

What does doctype mean?
Doctype means a directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage) with a Document Type Definition, potentially affecting how it is parsed and rendered.
What part of speech is doctype?
Doctype is a noun.
What is the plural of doctype?
The plural of doctype is doctypes.

Words near doctype in the dictionary

  1. doctrinized
  2. doctrinizes
  3. doctrinizing
  4. doctrix
  5. doctrixes
  6. doctype
  7. doctypes
  8. docu
  9. docu-drama
  10. docu-dramas
  11. docu-fiction

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