title: What is DOM element?
body: <p><strong>What  is the meaning of DOM element in the following statements?</strong></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1065435/can-a-css-class-inherit-one-or-more-other-classes/1065453#1065453"><strong>Statement #1</strong></a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>You can add multiple classes to a
    single DOM element.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1065435/can-a-css-class-inherit-one-or-more-other-classes/1065477#1065477"><strong>Statement #2</strong></a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The -- point is that inheritance in
    CSS is done not through classes, but
    through element hierarchies. So to
    model inherited traits you need to
    apply them to different levels of
    elements in the DOM.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I know that DOM stands for  <code>Domain Object Model</code>. It seems to be synonym to API in the statements.</p>