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# [Understanding Async & Defer HTML Attributes](https://savitaverma.hashnode.dev/understanding-async-defer-html-attributes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Async & Defer are boolean attributes that are used along with script tags to load the external script efficiently. Two things happen in a browser when we load a webpage. HTML parsing Loading of the script Script fetching from the network Executio...

Sep 28, 2022 · 2 min read · savitaverma.hashnode.dev  
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-   [#async](https://hashnode.com/tag/async)
-   [#async-vs-defer](https://hashnode.com/tag/async-vs-defer)
-   [#script](https://hashnode.com/tag/script)

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