Basic HTML tags

Know some of the basic tags of HTML.

Here are some of the most commonly used HTML tags:

<html> - This is the root element of an HTML document. All other elements should be contained within this tag.

<head> - This tag contains information about the document, such as the title of the page, metadata, and links to external resources.

<title> - The title tag is used to specify the title of the document, which is displayed in the browser tab.

<body> - The body tag contains the main content of the document, such as text, images, links, etc.

<h1> to <h6> - The heading tags are used to define headings on the page. <h1> is the most important heading and <h6> is the least important.

<p> - The paragraph tag is used to define a paragraph of text.

<a> - The anchor tag is used to create a link to another web page or a specific location on the same page.

<img> - The image tag is used to embed images in the document.

<ul> - The unordered list tag is used to create a list of items with bullet points.

<ol> - The ordered list tag is used to create a numbered list of items.

<li> - The list item tag is used to define each item in a list.

<div> - The division tag is used to divide the document into separate sections, and can be used as a container for other HTML elements.

<span> - The span tag is used to apply styles to small pieces of text, images, or other inline elements.

<br> - The line break tag is used to insert a line break in the text.

<hr> - The horizontal rule tag is used to insert a horizontal rule or a divider line.

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