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Update files/en-us/web/api/window/load_event/index.md 
Co-authored-by: Brian Smith <[email protected]>
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> [!NOTE]
> The `load` event that is dispatched when the main document has loaded _is_ dispatched on the `window`, but has two mutated properties: `target` is `document`, and `path` is `undefined`. These two properties are mutated due to legacy conformance.

Usually, to avoid running a script before the DOM it manipulates has been fully constructed, you can simply place the script at the end of the document body, immediately before the closing `</body>` tag, without wrapping it in an event listener. Use this event only to wait for external resources, such as images, to load.
To avoid running a script before the DOM it manipulates has been fully constructed, you can place the script at the end of the document body, immediately before the closing `</body>` tag, without wrapping it in an event listener. You should usually only use the `load` event to wait for external resources, such as images or deferred scripts, to load.

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