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In HTML document, a tag name begins with an opening angular bracket (<) and  ends with closing
                 angular bracket (>). For example,

                                           <TagName> content </TagName>



                                            Opening tag                    Closing tag

                 Both opening and closing tags are same. The only difference is that the closing tag contains a forward
                 slash before the tag name. Most of the tags in HTML have opening and closing tags. A combination of
                 opening tag, content, and closing tag is called an element.
                 The HTML tags can be categorised as:

                   Container Tags: The tags that have both opening and closing tags are called Container Tags.

                    For example       <B> ...... </B>
                                      <HEAD> ...... </HEAD>

                   Empty Tags: Empty tags contain only opening tag. They do not have closing tag. These tags do
                    not enclose any data.
                    For example       <BR>, <HR>, etc.

                 HTML tags can also be further classified as:
                   Block Level Tags: The block level tags take up the full width available and by default begin on a new
                    line. Some of the block level tags are Paragraph <P>, headings <H1> to <H6>, Horizontal Rule <HR>,
                    etc.
                   Text Level Tags: The text level tags are used to mark up parts of the text. These tags do not start
                    with a new line. Some of the text level tags are Bold <B>, Superscript <SUP>, Italic <I>, Subscript
                    <SUB>, etc.
                      Nesting of Tags

                 Nesting of tags means that you can start a new tag before closing the previous tag. The only point to
                 remember is that tags are nested on LIFO principle, that is, Last In First Out. This means that the tag

                 that has been opened last needs to be closed first.
                      Attribute

                 An attribute is a property that provides some additional information about a tag. It enhances the
                 functionality of a tag. It is always specified inside the opening tag. All attributes consist of two parts—a
                 name and a value.

                 The ‘name’ is the property that you want to set.
                 The ‘value’ is what you want for the respective property.

                 For example          <BODY BGCOLOR="yellow">

                 The BGCOLOR attribute of the <BODY> tag is used to add a background colour to the body of the web
                 page.
                 For example           <HR WIDTH="50%">



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