What is the async attribute? Asynchronous script loading and performance improvement

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What is the async attribute?

The async attribute is an HTML attribute that can be applied to script elements to control how the script is loaded and executed by the browser. It enables asynchronous script loading, allowing the browser to continue parsing and rendering the webpage without having to wait for the script to be fully loaded and executed.

When an external JavaScript file is included in an HTML document using the `