doctype

English

Etymology

From document type.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

doctype (plural doctypes)

1. (programming) 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.
   • 2006, Paul Haine, HTML mastery: semantics, standards, and styling:

     There are three XHTML 1.0 doctypes available […]

   • 2007, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008:

     Common idiosyncrasies that appear in web pages that don't have doctypes include varying text sizes and varying margin space between elements.

   • 2008, David Sawyer McFarland, JavaScript: The Missing Manual:

     Most Web page editing programs add an appropriate doctype when you create a new Web page […]

Translations

Translations

• French: doctype (fr)