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<HTML>
The outer document element. It says that the whole file is an HTML document. Document
<HEAD>
The non-visible information area of an HTML document. Document
<TITLE>
The title shown in the browser window, bookmarks, history lists and search results. Document
<BODY>
The visible body of the document. Document
<H1>
The highest-level heading for the main subject of a page. Headings
<H2>
A second-level heading for a major section. Headings
<H3>
A third-level heading for a subsection. Headings
<H4>
A fourth-level heading for small subsections. Headings
<H5>
A fifth-level heading. Headings
<H6>
The lowest-level heading in HTML. Headings
<P>
Begins a paragraph. Text Blocks
<BR>
Forces a line break inside text. Text Blocks
<HR>
Draws a horizontal rule between sections. Text Blocks
<A>
Creates a hyperlink or a named anchor. Links
<IMG>
Embeds an inline image. Embedded Objects
<ADDRESS>
Contact or authorship information for a page or section. Text Blocks
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Marks a quoted block from another source. Text Blocks
<PRE>
Preserves spaces and line breaks in preformatted text. Text Blocks
<XMP>
Displays example text with markup treated as literal text until the closing tag. Text Blocks
<LISTING>
Shows program listings or literal text with a fixed-width rendering. Text Blocks
<PLAINTEXT>
Treats the rest of the document as plain text. Text Blocks
<B>
Renders text in a bold style. Phrase Markup
<I>
Renders text in an italic style. Phrase Markup
<TT>
Renders text in a teletype or fixed-width face. Phrase Markup
<EM>
Marks emphasized text. Phrase Markup
<STRONG>
Marks strong emphasis. Phrase Markup
<CITE>
Marks a citation or title of a work. Phrase Markup
<CODE>
Marks computer code in running text. Phrase Markup
<SAMP>
Marks sample output from a program or system. Phrase Markup
<KBD>
Marks keyboard input. Phrase Markup
<VAR>
Marks a variable or replaceable term. Phrase Markup
<DFN>
Marks the defining instance of a term. Phrase Markup
<UL>
Starts an unordered list. Lists
<OL>
Starts an ordered numbered list. Lists
<LI>
Begins a list item inside UL, OL, DIR or MENU. Lists
<DIR>
A directory list, intended for short items such as filenames. Lists
<MENU>
A menu list, intended for short choices or command-like links. Lists
<DL>
Starts a definition list of terms and descriptions. Lists
<DT>
Marks a term in a definition list. Lists
<DD>
Marks the description part of a definition list. Lists
<FORM>
Begins an input form that submits values to a server. Forms
<INPUT>
Creates a single form input control. Forms
<SELECT>
Creates a selection list in a form. Forms
<OPTION>
Defines one choice inside SELECT. Forms
<TEXTAREA>
Creates a multi-line text input. Forms
<ISINDEX>
A primitive single-field search prompt for a document. Forms
<BASE>
Sets the base URL for resolving relative links. Head Metadata
<LINK>
Describes a relationship between this document and another resource. Head Metadata
<META>
Supplies name/value metadata or HTTP-equivalent information. Head Metadata
<NEXTID>
An editor hint for generating the next automatic anchor name. Head Metadata

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