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HTML Tags Overview and Descriptions

The document provides a comprehensive list of HTML tags categorized into structural, text formatting, link & media, list, table, and form tags, along with their descriptions. Each tag is explained briefly, detailing its purpose and usage within an HTML document. This serves as a quick reference guide for understanding the various HTML elements available for web development.

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HTML Tags Overview and Descriptions

The document provides a comprehensive list of HTML tags categorized into structural, text formatting, link & media, list, table, and form tags, along with their descriptions. Each tag is explained briefly, detailing its purpose and usage within an HTML document. This serves as a quick reference guide for understanding the various HTML elements available for web development.

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HTML Tags with Descriptions

Structural Tags

<html>: Root element of an HTML document

<head>: Container for metadata

<title>: Sets the title in browser tab

<body>: Main content of the web page

<header>: Top section (usually title/logo)

<footer>: Bottom section (usually copyright)

<main>: Main content (only one per page)

<section>: Defines sections of content

<article>: Independent, self-contained content

<aside>: Side content (ads, links, etc.)

<nav>: Navigation links

<div>: Generic container

<span>: Inline container

Text Formatting Tags

<h1> to <h6>: Headings levels (h1 = biggest)


HTML Tags with Descriptions

<p>: Paragraph

<br>: Line break

<hr>: Horizontal line

<b>: Bold text

<strong>: Important (bold) text

<i>: Italic text

<em>: Emphasized text

<u>: Underlined text

<mark>: Highlighted text

<small>: Smaller text

<del>: Deleted (strikethrough) text

<ins>: Inserted (underlined) text

<sub>: Subscript text

<sup>: Superscript text

Link & Media Tags

<a>: Anchor tag (hyperlink)


HTML Tags with Descriptions

<img>: Displays image

<video>: Embeds a video

<audio>: Embeds an audio file

<source>: Media source (used in <video>)

<iframe>: Embeds another page or YouTube

List Tags

<ul>: Unordered list (bullets)

<ol>: Ordered list (numbers)

<li>: List item

<dl>: Description list

<dt>: Term in a description list

<dd>: Description of the term

Table Tags

<table>: Table container

<tr>: Table row

<th>: Table header cell


HTML Tags with Descriptions

<td>: Table data cell

<thead>: Header section of a table

<tbody>: Body section of a table

<tfoot>: Footer section of a table

<caption>: Table caption (title)

Form Tags

<form>: Form container

<input>: Input field (text, radio, etc.)

<textarea>: Multi-line text box

<label>: Label for form element

<select>: Drop-down list

<option>: Item in drop-down list

<button>: Clickable button

<fieldset>: Groups form elements

<legend>: Title for <fieldset> group

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