HTMLtag

HTML tags are the building blocks of HTML documents, which are used to create and structure content on the World Wide Web. Each HTML tag serves a specific purpose, defining elements such as headings, paragraphs, links, images, and more. Tags are enclosed within angle brackets, with an opening tag and a closing tag that wraps around the content. For example, the paragraph tag is written as <p> for the opening tag and </p> for the closing tag, with the content placed in between.

HTML tags can also include attributes, which provide additional information about the element. Attributes are always specified in the opening tag and usually come in name/value pairs. For instance, the anchor tag <a> uses the href attribute to specify the URL of the page the link goes to, like this: <a href="https://www.example.com">Visit Example</a>.

There are two types of HTML tags: paired tags and self-closing tags. Paired tags have both an opening and a closing tag, such as <p> and </p>. Self-closing tags, on the other hand, do not have a closing tag and are typically used for elements that do not contain other content, like the line break tag <br> or the image tag <img>.

HTML tags are case-insensitive, meaning that <P> and <p> are treated the same. However, it is a common convention to write HTML tags in lowercase to maintain consistency and readability. Additionally, HTML5 introduced a new set of semantic tags, such as <header>, <footer>, <article>, and <section>, which provide more meaningful structure to web documents.