DOM (Document Object Model) in JavaScript is a programming interface for web documents. It represents the structure of a document, such as HTML or XML, in a tree format, known as the DOM tree, where every part of the document (e.g., HTML tags, attributes, and text) is represented as an object.
This object model allows developers to manipulate the structure, style, and content of a document programmatically. For example, with the DOM, a developer can select specific pieces of an HTML document and modify its properties, attributes, or contents, add event listeners to HTML elements, create new elements and insert them into the document, and so forth.