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<FORM> Tag

                      Type           Function           Attributes             Contains            Used Inside
                  Container tag   Defines a form   ACTION, METHOD,         Input fields,      Typically placed within
                                  for collecting   NAME, TARGET,           buttons, and       the <BODY> tag.
                                  user input and   ENCTYPE ETC.            other form-
                                  sending it to a                          related elements
                                  server.                                  like <INPUT>,
                                                                           <TEXTAREA>,
                                                                           <SELECT>,
                                                                           <BUTTON>, etc..


                 <INPUT> Tag
                 <INPUT> element is the fundamental element of form. It is used to make fields to take input data from
                 the user. We can create different input fields to gather various kinds of information from a user. Syntax to
                 use the <INPUT> tag is as follows:

                   <INPUT TYPE="TYPE"  NAME="NAME"  VALUE="VALUE"  ALGIN="VALUE"  SIZE="VALUE"
                 MAXLENGTH="VALUE">

                                                            <INPUT> Tag
                      Type           Function           Attributes             Contains            Used Inside

                  Empty tag       Defines an       TYPE,  NAME,  VALUE,  None                 Typically placed within
                                  input field for   ALIGN,   SIZE,   and (self-closing).      <FORM> or <BODY>
                                  user data.       MAXLENGTH.                                 tag.

                 The <INPUT> tag has the following attributes:
                   TYPE The attribute specifies the type of form element, such as text, button, reset, submit, radio, etc.

                   NAME attribute is a name given to a form an element. This attribute is used to uniquely identify the
                    element in the form.
                   VALUE attribute is used to specify a default value to the control element.

                   ALIGN attribute is used for aligning the element with respect to the form margins.
                   SIZE attribute specifies the horizontal size of the text box.

                   MAXLENGTH attribute in HTML specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in an input
                    field.

                 Adding a Text Box
                 A text box allows a user to enter data such as any character and number.

                 The following HTML code uses the <INPUT> tag with the TYPE, NAME, and SIZE attributes to create a text
                 box where the user can enter a username with a size of 30 characters:

                 <HTML>
                 <HEAD>
                 <TITLE>


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