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title: "What is a Processing Instruction in XML?"  
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# What is a Processing Instruction in XML?

A Processing Instruction is the information which we would like to give to application. Through a Processing Instruction an application would get idea about how to process the document. A Processing Instruction can appear anywhere and any no. of times in a document.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A Processing Instruction is the information which we would like to give to application. Through a Processing Instruction an application would get idea about how to process the document. A Processing Instruction can appear anywhere and any no. of times in a document.


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