HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
HTML uses a variety of predefined tags to layout text, images, forms, links e.t.c on a web page. Within the document tags are differentiated from text by placing them in brackets <>. Most tags come in pairs: a 'begin' tag and an 'end' tag. By enclosing a section of the page within a pair of tags, what ever is positioned between them will have the tags applied to it. The simplest example of this is the <HTML> (begin tag) and </HTML> (end tag):
<HTML>
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</HTML>
These are positioned at the top and bottom of every HTML page, denoting that everything in between is HTML.
A selection of the more commonly used tags are listed below:
| Tag | Description |
| <HEAD> | The section enclosed by the <HEAD></HEAD> tags contains information about the document that is not visible on the page. |
| <TITLE> | Situated in the HEAD section, this tag is used to define the title of the document. |
| <BODY> | The section enclosed by the <BODY></BODY> tags contains the visible content of the page. |
| <P> | This tag is used to define a paragraph within the document. |
| <B> | This tag is used to make a section of text bold. |
| <U> | This tag is to make a section of text underlined. |
Below is an example of an HTML page. Modify the code and click preview to view the changes:
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