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Correct `DOCTYPE` section (#3) 

`DOCTYPE` does not affect HTML parsing. It affects the rendering of the page.
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Answers to [Front-end Job Interview Questions - HTML Questions](https://github.com/h5bp/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions#html-questions). Pull requests for suggestions and corrections are welcome!
### What does a `doctype` do?
### What does a `DOCTYPE` do?
`doctype` is an abbreviation for document type. It is a declaration used in HTML5 to distinguish between a standards-compliant parsing mode and a quirks parsing mode. Hence its presence tells the browser to parse and render the webpage in standards mode.
`DOCTYPE` is an abbreviation for “document type”. It is a declaration used in HTML to distinguish between standards mode and [quirks mode](https://quirks.spec.whatwg.org/#history). Its presence tells the browser to render the web page in standards mode.
Moral of the story - just add `<!DOCTYPE html>` at the start of your page.
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* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7695044/what-does-doctype-html-do
* https://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/Doctype
* https://quirks.spec.whatwg.org/#history
### How do you serve a page with content in multiple languages?