Definition of doctype - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

type of document or file format

TECH.

The system supports various doctypes like PDF and DOCX.

file format

file type

web

TECH.

declaration in HTML specifying the document type

TECH.

The doctype declaration is essential for web pages to render correctly.

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Origin of doctype

English, doc (document) + type (kind)

Examples of doctype in a sentence

You need to specify the correct doctype for the web page.
The HTML file started with a doctype declaration.
Without a doctype, the browser might not display the page correctly.

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French:doctype, déclaration de type de document, ...
German:Dokumenttyp, DOCTYPE-Deklaration, ...
Italian:tipo di documento, dichiarazione del tipo di documento, ...
Spanish:formato de archivo, declaración de tipo de documento, ...
Portuguese:tipo de documento, declaração do tipo de documento, ...
Chinese:文档类型, 文档类型声明, ...
Japanese:ドキュメントタイプ, ドキュメントタイプ宣言, ...
Arabic:نوع الوثيقة, تَصْريح نَوْع المُسْتَنَد, ...
Hebrew:סוּג מִסְמָךְ, דוֹקְטַיְיפ, ...
Russian:формат файла, декларация типа документа, ...
Ukrainian:формат файлу, doctype, ...
Hindi:दस्तावेज़ प्रकार, डॉकटाइप, ...
Bengali:ডকুমেন্ট টাইপ, ডকটাইপ, ...
Catalan:tipus de document, doctype, ...
Czech:typ dokumentu, doctype, ...
Danish:dokumenttype, doctype, ...
Dutch:documenttype, doctype declaratie, ...
Greek:τύπος εγγράφου, doctype, ...
Hungarian:dokumentumtípus, doctype, ...
Khmer:ប្រភេទឯកសារ, សេចក្តីប្រកាសប្រភេទឯកសារ, ...
Korean:문서 유형, 문서 유형 선언, ...
Persian:نوع سند, نوع سند HTML, ...
Polish:typ dokumentu, deklaracja doctype, ...
Portuguese (BR):tipo de documento, declaração do tipo de documento, ...
Romanian:format de fișier, doctype, ...
Swedish:dokumenttyp, doctype deklaration, ...
Thai:ประเภทเอกสาร, ประกาศประเภทเอกสาร, ...
Turkish:belge türü, belge türü bildirimi, ...
Vietnamese:loại tài liệu, khai báo loại tài liệu, ...

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