Which statement does NOT accurately describe the Document Object Model (DOM)?

The statement that the DOM allows you to write HTML and CSS directly into the browser is not accurate. The Document Object Model (DOM) is a programming interface for web documents that represents the structure of a document as a tree of objects. It enables scripts and programming languages like JavaScript to dynamically access and update the content, structure, and style of websites.

The DOM facilitates interaction with HTML and CSS, but it does not function as an environment for direct coding or writing HTML and CSS. Instead, developers typically write HTML and CSS in text files that the browser reads and interprets. The DOM represents these documents once they have been loaded into the browser, allowing for manipulation and updates via scripting.

The other statements correctly reflect the capabilities and functions of the DOM. It does allow for manipulation of HTML and CSS, the browser indeed constructs an object model based on the HTML document, and it provides a structured representation of web pages in memory, creating a live view that can be interacted with programmatically.