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The <address> tag is used to provide contact information about the owner of sites or the author of the article. It can contain email, phone, address, link to the site, and so on. Syntax The <address> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening (<address>) and closing (</address>) tags. Most browsers add a line break before…

The <acronym> tag defines an acronym or abbreviation. To decipher an acronym, the global title attribute is used (displayed as a pop-up text prompt when you hover the mouse over an acronym). The <acronym> tag is a deprecated HTML tag and not supported in HTML5. Use the <abbr> tag instead. Syntax The <acronym> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening (<acronym>) and closing…

The browser renders the characters inside the <abbr> tag as an abbreviation or an acronym. To decipher the abbreviation, the global title attribute is used (displayed as a pop-up text prompt when you hover the mouse over the abbreviation). The content of the <abbr> tag in some browsers can be marked with a dotted underscore. Syntax The <abbr> tag comes in pairs. The…

The <a> tag is used to insert hyperlinks to other pages, or files, locations within the same page, email addresses, or any different URL. You can use both text and image as a hyperlink. In the browser, hyperlinks differ in their appearance and color. By default, HTML links appear as underlined blue text. When you hover your mouse over…

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is the first line of the code in HTML or XHTML document. It specifies the HTML version used in the document. Each HTML document should start with this declaration: so the browsers will render the page compliant with HTML standards. In HTML 4.01, this declaration refers to a Document Type Definition (DTD), which…

The <!– … –> tag is used to insert comments in an HTML code. Its content is ignored by the browsers and is not displayed by them. However, the comments are visible to anyone who views the page source code. HTML comments point out document sections or insert notes explaining the code. The comment tag can…

An event occurs when the browser reacts to a particular action of the user. The user generates an event when clicking on a mouse, playing video, uploading a document or an image, or performing other actions on a website. To react to an event, a handler is assigned to it. A handler is a way…

Global Attributes are used to refer to attributes, which are used on any HTML element. These attributes are common for all elements in HTML. However, some attributes have no effect on some elements. For instance, the attribute spellcheck won’t affect the behavior or semantic of a paragraph, the same way the lang attribute will have no effect on an…

What does “deprecated” mean? Generally, “deprecated” means something disapproved. In IT, deprecated elements are those elements that are allowed, but not recommended and are being replaced by newer ones. So, a “deprecated code” means that it is not recommended to use as there is a better alternative in that software to use instead. Deprecated HTML…