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What is the DOM?
The Document Object Model, usually shortened to the DOM, is a cross-platform, language-independent application programming interface for HTML and XML documents.
Frequently used by web browsers to parse and display website content, the DOM treats an HTML, XHTML, or XML document as a tree structure, where each node is an object representing a part of the document that can be manipulated programmatically. JavaScript is the client-side scripting language that connects to the DOM in an internet browser.
To learn more about the Document Object Model (DOM), visit our Introduction to the DOM tutorial.
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