Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doctype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: doc-type
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"There are three XHTML 1.0 doctypes available […]"
"Common idiosyncrasies that appear in web pages that don't have doctypes include varying text sizes and varying margin space between elements."
"Most Web page editing programs add an appropriate doctype when you create a new Web page […]"

Etymology

From document type.

Inflected Forms

doctypes (plural)

Questions

What does doctype mean?: 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.
Where does doctype come from?: From document type.

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