Stand-alone Tags in HTML

Stand-alone tags are HTML elements that don't need a closing tag. They are also called:

• Void elements
• Empty elements
• Self-closing elements (commonly used term, though HTML technically calls them void elements)

Common stand-alone tags
<br>
<hr>
<img>
<input>
<meta>
<link>
<source>
<area>
<base>
<col>
<embed>
<param>
<track>
<wbr>