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Everything about Document type declaration
Instruction that associates documents with a document type definition
A document type declaration, or DOCTYPE, is an instruction that associates a particular XML or SGML document with a document type definition (DTD). In the serialized form of the document, it manifests as a short string of markup that conforms to a particular syntax. Wikipedia →
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The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · 1791
Java software solutionsLewis, John, John E. Lewis Ph. D. · 1997
JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996
Objects first with JavaDavid J. Barnes, Michael Kolling · 2002
Computer scienceJ. Glenn Brookshear, Brookshear · 1985
Eloquent JavascriptMarijn Haverbeke · 2009
Code CompleteSteve McConnell · 1993
Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScriptRobin Nixon · 2009
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