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Basic HTML tags
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| HTML | language for displaying content on the web |
| markup language | system for tagging a document to give instructions for display and logical structure |
| tag | code that defines structure and display that is enclosed with <> |
| <html> </html> | the first and last tags; all other tags are placed between these tags |
| <head> </head> | tags that indicate the first of main two parts of an HTML page; the title tags are placed between these tags |
| <body> </body> | tags that indicate the second of two main parts of an HTML page; all web content is placed between these tags |
| <title> </title> | tags where instructions on what to display in a browser tab are placed |
| <h1></h1> ... <h6></h6> | tags for headings that display text between them larger and bolder than other text |
| <p> </p> | paragraph tag; white space automatically added around it |
| block element | normally begins on new line |
| inline element | flows in with surrounding text |
| attribute | a piece of information which determines the properties of a tag |
| src | attribute of image tag that stores the location of the image to display |
| height, width | attributes use to change the size of an image |
| alt |