The DOM, or Document Object Model, is a programming interface for HTML and XML documents. It represents the page so that programs can change the document structure, style, and content. The DOM provides a representation of the document as a structured group of nodes and objects that have properties and methods. Essentially, it is a document model loaded in the web browser that allows scripts to access and manipulate the document's content, structure, and styles dynamically[1][3][9][10].
Nodes in the DOM tree can correspond to elements, text strings, comments, and other document types, and through the DOM API, these nodes can be manipulated. For example, you can add, remove, or change HTML elements, set styles, respond to events, and more. The DOM is not part of the JavaScript language, but it is a Web API used by JavaScript and other programming languages to interact with HTML and XML documents[1][3].
