Browser rendering process

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Browser rendering process involves multiple steps from parsing HTML to displaying content on the screen.

HTML parsing: Browser parses HTML markup to create the Document Object Model (DOM).
CSS parsing: Stylesheets are parsed to create the CSS Object Model (CSSOM).
Render tree construction: DOM and CSSOM are combined to create the render tree.
Layout: The render tree is laid out to determine the position and size of each element.
Painting: Finally, the browser paints pixels on the screen based on the render tree.
Example: When a user visits a website, the browser fetches the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files, parses them, constructs the render tree, and displays the content on the screen.

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