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HTML Basics

1.What is HTML?

  • HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, is the standard markup language that is used to create and structure the web pages. HTML tells a browser how to display the content on a page by defining elements like headings, paragraphs and images.
  • Standard Markup Language - is a text-encoding system(converts human-readable text into a numerical format (like binary)) that uses tags to define the structure, formatting, and meaning of a document, allowing computers and software to correctly display or process its content.
  • There is no other direct alternative language for HTML.
  • Latest version of HTML - HTML5

2.What are HTML tags?

  • HTML tags are the basic building blocks of a web page. They tell the browser how to structure and display content.

  • Example: <h1> ...... </h1>

3.What is HTML Elements?

  • HTML element defined by start tag, some content, and end tag.

4.Standalone tags

  • The tags which did not have the closing tag is called a standalone tags.

  • For example:<br>, <img>, <input>, <hr>, etc.,

5.<!DOCTYPE html> - Is not a html tag, it informs the web browser about the version of HTML.

6.What are Semantic tags?

  • Semantic tags in HTML are tags that clearly describe their meaning both to the browser and to developers.

  • For example:<header>, <section>, <article>, <nav>, <main>

7.Explain the difference between block-level and inline elements?

Block-level elements:

  • Block-level elements always start on a new line and take up the full available width.

  • For example:<div>, <p>, <h1>, etc.,

Inline elements:

  • Inline elements do not start on a new line and only take up as much width as their content requires.

  • For example:<span>, <a>, <strong>

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