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HTML Elements

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D= Deprecated A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.
Deprecated elements may become obsolete in future versions of HTML

<A>

Hyperlink anchor

<ABBR>

Abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, etc.)

<ACRONYM>

Indicates an acronym

<ADDRESS>

Information on author


<APPLET> D


Java applet


<AREA>

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Client-side image map area


<B>


Bold text style


<BASE>


Document base URI


<BASEFONT> D


Base font size


<BDO>


I18N BiDi over-ride


<BIG>


Large text style


<BLOCKQUOTE>


Long quotation


<BODY>


Document body


<BR>


Forced line break


<BUTTON>

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Push button


<CAPTION>


Table caption


<CENTER> D


Shorthand for DIV align=center


<CITE>


Citation


<CODE>


Computer code fragment


<COL>


Table column


<COLGROUP>

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Table column group


<DD>


Definition description


<DEL>


Deleted text


<DFN>


Instance definition


<DIR>


Directory list


DIV


Generic language/style container


<DL>


Definition list


<DT>

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Definition term


<EM>

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Emphasis


<FIELDSET>


Form control group


<FONT> D


Local change to font


<FORM>


Contains form controls to help lay out a form, specify the program that will handle the form (action), identify the method by with the data will be sent (method), and other form information


<FRAME>


Subwindow


<FRAMESET>

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Window subdivision


<H1>


Heading size 1 (largest)


<H2>


Heading size 2


<H3>


Heading size 3


<H4>


Heading size 4


<H5>


Heading size 5


<H6>


Heading size 6 (smallest)


<HEAD>


Document head


<HR>


Horizontal rule


<HTML>

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Document root element


<I>


Italic text style


<IFRAME>


Inline subwindow


<IMG>


Embedded image


<INPUT>


Form control


<INS>


Inserted text


<ISINDEX> D

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Single line prompt


<KBD>

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Text to be entered by the user


<LABEL>


Form field label text


<LEGEND>


Fieldset legend


<LI>


List item


<LINK>

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A media-independent link


<MAP>


Client-side image map


<MENU> D


Menu list


<META>

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Generic metainformation


<NOFRAMES>


Alternate content container for non frame-based rendering


<NOSCRIPT>

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Alternate content container for non script-based rendering


<OBJECT>


Generic embedded object


<OL>


Ordered list


<OPTGROUP>


Option group


<OPTION>

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Selectable choice


<P>


Paragraph


<PARAM>


Named property value


<PRE>

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Preformatted text


<Q>

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Short inline quotation


<S> D


Strike-through text style


<SAMP>


Sample program output, scripts, etc.


<SCRIPT>


Script statements


<SELECT>


Option selector


<SMALL>


Small text style


<SPAN>


Generic language/style container


<STRIKE>


Strike-through text


<STRONG>


Strong emphasis


<STYLE>


Style info


<SUB>


Subscript


<SUP>

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Superscript


<TABLE>


Table


<TBODY>


Table body


<TD>


Table data cell


<TEXTAREA>


Multi-line text field


<TFOOT>


Table footer


<TH>


Table header cell


<THEAD>


Table header


<TITLE>


Document title


<TR>


Table row


<TT>

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Teletype or monospaced text style


<U> D


Underlined text style


<UL>

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Unordered list


<VAR>

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Instance of a variable or program argument