HTML Tags What are HTML tags? ƒ HTML tags are used to mark-up HTML elements ƒ HTML tags are surrounded by the two characters < and > ƒ The surrounding characters are called angle brackets ƒ HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b> ƒ The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag ƒ The text between the start and end tags is the element content ƒ HTML tags are not case sensitive, <b> means the same as <B> Logical vs. Physical Tags In HTML there are both logical tags and physical tags. Logical tags are designed to describe (to the browser) the enclosed text's meaning. An example of a logical tag is the <strong> </strong> tag. By placing text in between these tags you are telling the browser that the text has some greater importance. By default all browsers make the text appear bold when in between the <strong> and </strong> tags. Physical tag
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