---
title: Node (DOM)
slug: Glossary/Node/DOM
tags:
  - CodingScripting
  - Glossary
---
In the context of the {{Glossary("DOM")}}, a **node** is a single point in the node tree. Various things that are nodes are the document itself, elements, text, and comments.

## See also

- The [node tree](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-node) WHATWG spec
- [Node](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node) objects
