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<HTML>...</HTML>--tells browsers the page is written in HTML; entire document goes between the HTML tags

<HEAD>...</HEAD>--appears just below the HTML tag in every HTML document; contains information about the document but does not appear on Web page

<TITLE>...</TITLE>--specifies the title of the document; the text between these tags appears in browser's title bar but not on the Web page itself

<BODY>...</BODY>--contains all the text and images that make up the Web page, together with all the HTML elements that provide the control/formatting of the page

BGCOLOR--attribute of <BODY> tag; designates color of page's background

BACKGROUND--attribute of <BODY> tag; designates image as page's background (wallpaper)

<H1>-<H6>...</H1>-</H6>--codes text as headings; <H1> is the largest, <H6> the smallest

<CENTER>...</CENTER>--centers text and other elements on page

<BR>--breaks text onto a new line (no vertical space between lines)

<P>... </P>--breaks text into a new paragraph (leaves blank line above new paragraph)

<I>...</I>--creates italic text

<B>...</B>--creates bold text

<EM>...</EM>--creates emphasized text, usually italic

<STRONG>...</STRONG>--creates strongly emphasized text, usually bold

<A>...</A>--marks text as the start and/or destination of a link; requires the HREF or NAME attribute

HREF--attribute of <A> tag; makes text or image between <A> tags a hyperlink

NAME--attribute of <A> tag; makes text or image between <A> tags the target of a hyperlink

<UL>...</UL>--creates an unordered (bulleted) list

<OL>...</OL>--creates an ordered (numbered) list

<LI>--used in conjunction with the <UL> or <OL> tag, designates a list item in an unordered or ordered list

<DL>...</DL>--creates a definition list

<DT>--used in conjunction with the <DL> tag, designates a definition title in a definition list

<DD>--used in conjunction with the <DL> tag, designates a definition description in a definition list

<IMG>--adds an image to a page; must have SRC attribute

SRC--attribute of <IMG> tag; points to location of digital image file

WIDTH--attribute of <IMG> tag; defines width of image in pixels

HEIGHT--attribute of <IMG> tag; defines height of image in pixels

Basics: What Those Tags Mean.