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The acronym "CSS" stands for "Cascading Style Sheets." Why are they said to be "cascading"?

  1. Because they can rapidly apply formatting to any number of HTML documents

  2. Because their style information "falls on top" of HTML, while remaining separate

  3. Because any style sheet can inherit style information from other style sheets

  4. Because their structure mimics the formatting of HTML documents
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Explanation

CSS is called "cascading" because style rules cascade down from one style sheet to another through inheritance and specificity, allowing a style sheet to inherit and override properties from parent sheets or browser defaults.

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