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what are HTML elements? why do we use HTML?

HTML Elements

An HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

Start tag * Element content End tag *
           <p>        This is a paragraph               </p>
  <a href="default.htm">        This is a link               </a>
           <br>    

The start tag is often called the opening tag. The end tag is often called the closing tag.

HTML Element Syntax

  • An HTML element starts with a start tag / opening tag
  • An HTML element ends with an end tag / closing tag
  • The element content is everything between the start and the end tag
  • Some HTML elements have empty content
  • Empty elements are closed in the start tag
  • Most HTML elements can have attributes.

Nested HTML Elements

Most HTML elements can be nested (can contain other HTML elements).HTML documents consist of nested HTML elements.

HTML Document example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
<p>This is my first paragraph.</p>
</body>

</html>



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