Ancestor
An ancestor is a programming term when dealing with hierarchical documents, such as HTML…
What is an Ancestor?
An ancestor is a programming term when dealing with hierarchical documents, such as HTML, XML and the DOM.
HTML elements in an HMTL tree (like a person in a family tree) can be a parent or child.
A parent element can have children, but the can also have grandchildren or more. Those are called descendents.
A child element can have parents and grandparents and beyond. Those are called ancestors.
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