| A | B |
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| Container tags | Tags that use opening and closing tags. ex <i> </i> |
| empty tags | tags that stand alone. ex(<br>) |
| stand alone non empty tags | <title/> |
| element | provides the main instruction of the tag. ex. <title><font><table> |
| attribute | specifies a quality or describes a certain aspect of the element. In the following example <div align="center"> align is an example of this |
| value | gives value to the element and its attribute. In the following example <div align="center"> Center is an example of this. |
| <!DOCTYPE>tag | determines how the interpreter will render all markup in the document. It is also a SGML statment |
| <html> tag | all code up until here is not HTML but SGML |
| <head tag> | allows you to insert <meta> tags, links to style sheets, and the <title> tag |
| <meta> tag | can specify various information about the document, known as metadata like document descriptions and keywords that help search engines index the page |
| <link> tag | this tag is recommended in XHTML 1.0 Transitional and required for XHTML Strict. Used to reference a style sheet |
| <title> tag | this tag inserts a title into the document |
| <body> tag | this tag begins the body of the document |
| Cascading Style Sheets(CSS) | an ASCII text file that determines the look and feel for a web page or site. Contains formatting instructions and allows greater style definition and formatting control of HTML elements |
| selector | In a stylesheet, any element to designated styles are applied. In the following css example : body{background:tan}, body is known as this. |
| declaration | In the following CSS example: body{background:tan}, {background:tan} is known as this |
| Property | In the following CSS example: body{background:tan}, background is known as this |
| value | In the following CSS example: body{background:tan} , tan is known as this |
| rule | In a stylesheet, a format instruction that consist of a specified selector and the properties and values applied to it. body{background:tan} is an example of this |
