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HTML HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HTML

HTML Tag HTML

Tags are the building blocks of an HTML document

Tag

markup language General

Uses tags to format and define elements within a document. The tags are not shown when the document is displayed.

HyperText General

Text displayed on a computer that has links to other hypertext documents.

Tree HTML

The structure of an HTML document

HTML Formatting HTML

HTML provides several tags for formatting text on web pages.

HTML Headings HTML

HTML headings are titles or subtitles that you want to display on a webpage. HTML headings are defined with the `<h1>` to `<h6>` tags. `<h1>` defines the most important heading. `<h6>` defines the least important heading.

<p> Tag HTML

The `<p>` tag defines a paragraph. Browsers automatically add a single blank line before and after each `<p>` element.

<i> Tag HTML

The `<i>` tag defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood. The content inside is typically displayed in italic.

<b> Tag HTML

The `<b>` tag specifies bold text without any extra importance.

<hr> Tag HTML

This tag defines a thematic break in an HTML page (e.g. a shift of topic). The element is most often displayed as a horizontal rule that is used to separate content (or define a change) in an HTML page.

<br> Tag HTML

This tag inserts a line break.

<a> Tag HTML

Allows putting links on a web page. It uses the href attribute to specify what the link should point to.

Hyperlink HTML

The connection between one HTML page to another HTML page

HTML Attributes HTML

Tags can have attributes that tell us more information about the tag.

<img> Tag HTML

Allows adding an image to a web page. It is self-closing. The attributes of an `<img>` tag include `src`, which specifies where to get the image from (the url for an image ), and `width` and `height` attributes, which specify the size of the image in pixels.

HTML Lists HTML

Way to organize information with a simple structure that is easy to read and write on a webpage. There are ordered and unordered HTML lists.

<ul> Tag HTML

Defines an unordered list in HTML.

<li> Tag HTML

defines a list item inside an HMTL list.

<ol> Tag HTML

The <ol> tag defines an ordered list. An ordered list can be numerical or alphabetical.

HTML Tables HTML

Tables display information in a grid.

Style Attribute HTML

Allows adding several different types of styles to HTML elements.

CSS CSS

Cascading Style Sheets. The language for designing web pages and adding style.

Selector CSS

Defines which HTML elements a CSS rule applies to.

Class Attribute HTML

`class` is an attribute we can add to HTML tags in order to style a specific group of elements.

id Attribute HTML

`id` is an attribute we can add to an HTML tag to style that specific element.

Domain Name System (DNS) General

Used to translate domain names into IP addresses.

Metadata General

a set of data that describes and gives information about other data.