| Tag Name | What the tag defines |
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| <abbr> |
abbreviation |
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| <acronym> |
acronym (No longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <address> |
contact information for the document author |
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| <applet> |
embedded applet (Deprecated in HTML 4.01, no longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <area> |
area inside an image-map |
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| <article> |
article (New in HTML 5) |
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| <aside> |
content aside from the page content (New in HTML 5) |
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| <audio> |
sound content (New in HTML 5) |
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| <b> |
bold text |
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| <base> |
defines the base URL/target for all relative URLs in an HTML document |
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| <basefont> |
defines the default font for text in entire document. (Deprecated in HTML 4.01, no longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <bdi> |
isolates a specific part of text that may be differently formatted from text outside it. (New in HTML 5) |
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| <bdo> |
overrides the current text direction |
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| <big> |
defines big text (No longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <blockquote> |
section of text that is quoted from another source |
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| <body> |
defines the body of the HTML document |
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| <br /> |
line break |
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| <button> |
clickable button |
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| <canvas> |
defines an area used to create, or draw, a graphic via a script. (New in HTML 5) |
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| <caption> |
table caption |
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| <center> |
centers text (Deperacated in HTML 4.01, no longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <cite> |
title of a work |
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| <code> |
section of computer code |
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| <col> |
column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element |
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| <colgroup> |
a group of one or more columns located within a table |
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| <command> |
command button (New in HTML 5) |
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| <datalist> |
a list of pre-defined options for input (New in HTML 5) |
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| <dd> |
description of an item in a definition list |
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| <del> |
text that has been deleted |
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| <details> |
additional details that the visitor is able to either view or hide at their discretion (New in HTML 5) |
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| <dfn> |
definition term |
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| <dir> |
defines a directory list (Deprecated in HTML 4.01, no longer supported in HTML5) |
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| <div> |
generic organizational section |
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| <dl> |
definition list |
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| <dt> |
a term in a definition list |
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| <em> |
emphasized text |
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| <embed> |
container to insert an external (non-HTML), or non-standard object (New in HTML 5) |
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| <fieldset> |
container to group related elements |
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| <figcaption> |
caption for the <figure> element (New in HTML 5) |
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| <figure> |
self-contained content away from the main content (New in HTML 5) |
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| <font> |
font, color, and size for text (Deprecated in HTML 4.01, no longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <footer> |
footer (New in HTML 5) |
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| <form> |
HTML form for used for visitor input |
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| <frame> |
a window in a <frameset> (No longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <frameset> |
set of frames (No longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <h1> to <h6> |
HTML headings, listed from largest (1) to smallest (6) |
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| <head> |
container for other head elements |
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| <header> |
header for a document or specific section (New in HTML 5) |
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| <hgroup> |
used to group the heading elements (<h1> - <h6>) (New in HTML 5) |
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| <hr> |
Horizontal Rule, used to create a break or change in content |
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| <html> |
root tag of an HTML document |
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| <i> |
italics |
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| <iframe> |
inline frame |
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| <img /> |
image |
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| <input> |
input control |
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| <ins> |
continer to define text that has been inserted |
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| <kbd> |
keyboard input |
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| <keygen> |
key-pair generator field (New in HTML 5) |
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| <label> |
label for the <input> element |
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| <legend> |
caption for <details> <fieldset>, <figure> |
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| <li> |
list item |
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| <link> |
defines a link to an external document, commonly used to link to style sheets |
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| <map> |
defines an image-map |
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| <mark> |
highlighted (marked) text (New in HTML 5) |
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| <menu> |
menu, or list, of commands |
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| <meta> |
metadata about the document |
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| <meter> |
scalar measurement within a known range (New in HTML 5) |
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| <nav> |
navigation link (New in HTML 5) |
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| <noframes> |
alternate content for browsers not using frame support (No longer supported in HTML5) |
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| <noscript> |
alternate content for browsers not using client-side scripting support |
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| <object> |
embedded object |
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| <ol> |
ordered list |
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| <optgroup> |
group of options in a drop-down list |
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| <option> |
option in a drop-down list |
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| <output> |
result of a calculation (New in HTML 5) |
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| <p> |
paragraph |
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| <param> |
parameter for an object |
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| <pre> |
preformatted text |
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| <progress> |
progress of a task (New in HTML 5) |
|---|
| <q> |
quotation |
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| <rp> |
Specifies what content to display in browsers not supporting ruby annotations (New in HTML 5) |
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| <rt> |
explanation/pronunciation of characters (New in HTML 5) |
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| <ruby> |
ruby annotation (New in HTML 5) |
|---|
| <s> |
text that is no longer correct |
|---|
| <samp> |
sample output (from a computer program) |
|---|
| <script> |
client-side script |
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| <section> |
section (New in HTML 5) |
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| <select> |
drop-down list |
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| <small> |
text smaller than the default |
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| <source> |
media resources for media elements such as <audio> and <video> (New in HTML 5) |
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| <span> |
a section in a document |
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| <strike> |
strikethrough text (Deprecated in 4.01, no longer supported in HTML 5) |
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| <strong> |
bold, or important, text |
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| <style> |
style information |
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| <sub> |
subscripted text |
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| <summary> |
visible heading for the <details> element (New in HTML 5) |
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| <sup> |
superscripted text |
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| <table> |
table |
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| <tbody> |
body content in a table |
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| <td> |
cell in a table, table data |
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| <textarea> |
multi-line text area |
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| <tfoot> |
footer cell in a table |
|---|
| <th> |
header cell in a table |
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| <thead> |
header cell in a table |
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| <time> |
date/time (New in HTML 5) |
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| <title> |
title for the HTML document |
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| <tr> |
table row |
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| <track> |
text tracks for media elements such as <audio> and <video> (New in HTML 5) |
|---|
| <u> |
underline |
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| <ul> |
unordered list |
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| <var> |
variable |
|---|
| <video> |
video or movie (New in HTML 5) |
|---|
| <wbr> |
opportunity for a line-break (New in HTML 5) |
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