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Which DNA elements belong to the definition of a gene?

I see a lot of different DNA elements mentioned as part of a gene (talking about eukaryotes):

The length of DNA following the promoter is a gene and it contains the recipe for a protein. (video)

This implies that the promotor is not part of the gene.

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This actually defines a gene without enhancers/silencers

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Here the gene also includes the enhancers/silencers

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Is there an accepted gene definition regarding the DNA elements? Thus which sequences like promotors, enhancers, silencers etc. are considered part of the gene?