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=== Node object ===
A node object is represented by a single node in a tree. It can be an element node, attribute node, text node, or any type that is described in section "node type". All objects can inherit properties and methods for dealing with parent and child nodes, but not all of the objects have parent or child nodes. For example, with text nodes that cannot have child nodes, trying to add child nodes results in a [[Document Object Model|DOM]] error.

Objects in the DOM tree may be addressed and manipulated by using methods on the objects. The public interface of a DOM is specified in its [[application programming interface]] (API). The history of the Document Object Model is intertwined with the history of the "[[browser wars]]" of the late 1990s between [[Netscape Navigator]] and [[Microsoft Internet Explorer]], as well as with that of [[JavaScript]] and [[JScript]],  the first [[scripting language]]s to be widely implemented in the [[Browser engine|layout engine]]s of [[web browser]]s.