Basic HTML
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Description
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Defines
the document type
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Defines
an HTML document
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Defines
information about the document
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Defines
a title for the document
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Defines
the document's body
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Defines
HTML headings
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Defines
a paragraph
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Inserts
a single line break
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Defines
a thematic change in the content
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Defines
a comment
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Formatting
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Description
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead.
Defines an acronym |
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Defines
an abbreviation or an acronym
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Defines
contact information for the author/owner of a document/article
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Defines
bold text
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Isolates
a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other
text outside it
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Overrides
the current text direction
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines big text |
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Defines
a section that is quoted from another source
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines centered text |
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Defines
the title of a work
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Defines
a piece of computer code
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Defines
text that has been deleted from a document
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Represents
the defining instance of a term
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Defines
emphasized text
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines font, color, and size for text |
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Defines
a part of text in an alternate voice or mood
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Defines
a text that has been inserted into a document
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Defines
keyboard input
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Defines
marked/highlighted text
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Defines
a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge)
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Defines
preformatted text
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Represents
the progress of a task
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Defines
a short quotation
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Defines
what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations
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Defines
an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typography)
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Defines
a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)
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Defines
text that is no longer correct
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Defines
sample output from a computer program
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Defines
smaller text
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead.
Defines strikethrough text |
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Defines
important text
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Defines
subscripted text
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Defines
superscripted text
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Defines
a template
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Defines
a date/time
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines teletype text |
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Defines
text that should be stylistically different from normal text
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Defines
a variable
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Defines
a possible line-break
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Forms and Input
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
an HTML form for user input
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Defines
an input control
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Defines
a multiline input control (text area)
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Defines
a clickable button
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Defines
a drop-down list
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Defines
a group of related options in a drop-down list
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Defines
an option in a drop-down list
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Defines
a label for an <input> element
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Groups
related elements in a form
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Defines
a caption for a <fieldset> element
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Specifies
a list of pre-defined options for input controls
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Defines
the result of a calculation
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Frames
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Tag
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Description
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Not
supported in HTML5.
Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset |
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Not
supported in HTML5.
Defines a set of frames |
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Not
supported in HTML5.
Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames |
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Defines
an inline frame
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Images
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
an image
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Defines
a client-side image-map
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Defines
an area inside an image-map
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Used
to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript)
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Defines
a caption for a <figure> element
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Specifies
self-contained content
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Defines
a container for multiple image resources
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Defines
a container for SVG graphics
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Audio / Video
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
sound content
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Defines
multiple media resources for media elements (<video>, <audio> and
<picture>)
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Defines
text tracks for media elements (<video> and <audio>)
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Defines
a video or movie
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Links
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
a hyperlink
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Defines
the relationship between a document and an external resource (most used to
link to style sheets)
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Defines
navigation links
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Lists
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
an unordered list
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Defines
an ordered list
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Defines
a list item
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead.
Defines a directory list |
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Defines
a description list
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Defines
a term/name in a description list
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Defines
a description of a term/name in a description list
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Tables
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
a table
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Defines
a table caption
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Defines
a header cell in a table
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Defines
a row in a table
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Defines
a cell in a table
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Groups
the header content in a table
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Groups
the body content in a table
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Groups
the footer content in a table
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Specifies
column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element
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Specifies
a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting
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Styles and Semantics
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
style information for a document
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Defines
a section in a document
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Defines
a section in a document
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Defines
a header for a document or section
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Defines
a footer for a document or section
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Specifies
the main content of a document
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Defines
a section in a document
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Defines
an article
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Defines
content aside from the page content
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Defines
additional details that the user can view or hide
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Defines
a dialog box or window
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Defines
a visible heading for a <details> element
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Links
the given content with a machine-readable translation
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Meta Info
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
information about the document
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Defines
metadata about an HTML document
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Specifies
the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document |
Programming
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Tag
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Description
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Defines
a client-side script
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Defines
an alternate content for users that do not support client-side scripts
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Not
supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or <object> instead.
Defines an embedded applet |
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Defines
a container for an external (non-HTML) application
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Defines
an embedded object
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Defines
a parameter for an object
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