HTML Tags |
Tags are instructions that are embedded directly into the text of a HTML document. Each HTML tag describes that the browser should do something instead of simply displaying the text. In HTML, the tags begin with (<) and end with (>)
HTML tags can be of two types. They are
1. Paired Tags
2. Unpaired Tags
Paired Tags: A tag is said to be a paired tag if the text is placed between a tag and its companion tag. In paired tags, the first tag is referred to as Opening Tag and the second tag is referred to as Closing Tag.
Example:
<i>This text is in italics. </i>
Note: Here <i> is called opening tag. and </i> is called closing tag.
Unpaired Tags: An unpaired tag does not have a companion tag. Unpaired tags are also known as Singular or Stand-Alone Tags.
Example : <br> , <hr> etc. These tags does not require any companion tag.
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