Understanding HTML Tags and Elements
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It's the foundational structure behind every website you visit. This language consists of a series of elements, represented by tags, which tell the web browser how to display the content. HTML Tags An HTML tag is a keyword enclosed in angle brackets (< and >). Most HTML tags come in pairs: an opening tag and a closing tag. The content is placed between these tags. The closing tag is identical to the opening tag, but with a forward slash (/) before the tag name. <p>Hello, world!</p> In the above example, <p> is the opening tag, ' Hello, world! ' is the content, and </p> is the closing tag. This entire line of code is an HTML element. Common HTML Tags Here are a few common HTML tags you'll often see: < html >: This tag wraps all the content on the entire HTML page. < head >: This tag co...