HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE (HTML)
Hypertext Markup language is used to develop webpages. The Browser interprets the HTML code and then displays the contents from the HTML document. The purpose of a web browser is to read HTML documents and compose them into webpages. The browser recognizes a set of command called as “Tags”. Tags are the instructions that are embedded directly into the text of the documents. The tags are given inside the left and the right angles brackets. The browser does not display HTML tags but uses these tags to interpret the contents of the page.
Hypertext Markup language is used to develop webpages. The Browser interprets the HTML code and then displays the contents from the HTML document. The purpose of a web browser is to read HTML documents and compose them into webpages. The browser recognizes a set of command called as “Tags”. Tags are the instructions that are embedded directly into the text of the documents. The tags are given inside the left and the right angles brackets. The browser does not display HTML tags but uses these tags to interpret the contents of the page.
Tags are of two different types:-
1. Container Tag or Paired Tag
A container tag is one that along with its companion tag flanks the text. It activates the effect and its companion tag turn the effect off. The tag which activates the effect is known as opening tag or start tag. The tag which deactivates the effect is known as closing tag or end tag.
Examples:<head> tag is the opening tag
</head> tag is the closing tag
2. Standalone Tag or Single Tag:
This tag does not have a companion tag
Examples:
<BR> tag is a standalone tag
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