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HTML Tags

HTML tags contain three main parts: opening tag, content and closing tag. But some HTML tags are unclosed tags.

When a web browser reads an HTML document, browser reads it from top to bottom and left to right. HTML tags are used to create HTML documents and render their properties. Each HTML tags have different properties.


Syntax

<tag> content </tag>


HTML Tag Examples

Note: HTML Tags are always written in lowercase letters. The basic HTML tags are given below:

<p> Paragraph Tag </p>

<h2> Heading Tag </h2>

<b> Bold Tag </b>

<i> Italic Tag </i>

<u> Underline Tag</u>

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Unclosed HTML Tags

Some HTML tags are not closed, for example br and hr.

<br> Tag: br stands for break line, it breaks the line of the code.

<hr> Tag: hr stands for Horizontal Rule. This tag is used to put a line across the webpage.


HTML Meta Tags

DOCTYPE, title, link, meta and style


HTML Text Tags

<p>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <strong>, <em>, <abbr>, <acronym>, <address>, <bdo>, <blockquote>, <cite>, <q>, <code>, <ins>, <del>, <dfn>, <kbd>, <pre>, <samp>, <var> and <br>


HTML Link Tags

<a> and <base>


HTML Image and Object Tags

<img>, <area>, <map>, <param> and <object>


HTML List Tags

<ul>, <ol>, <li>, <dl>, <dt> and <dd>


HTML Table Tags

table, tr, td, th, tbody, thead, tfoot, col, colgroup and caption


HTML Form Tags

form, input, textarea, select, option, optgroup, button, label, fieldset and legend


HTML Scripting Tags

script and noscript

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