Description List

HTML Terms

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in web browser.

HTML element

an individual component of an HTML document or web page.

HTML tag

hidden keywoards within a web page that define how your web browser must format and display the content.

angle bracket

a pair of marks in the form < > to enclose words or figures to separate them from their context.

HTML attribute

special words used inside the opening tag to control the element's behavior.

HTML comment

used to insert comments in the source code.

HTML object element

< object > tag defines an embedded object within an HTML document.

HTML special character

part of a character set, a coding, which goes beyond the available characters that can be recorded with a regular keyboard.