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Tag
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Description
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Further comments
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<!-- … -->
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A (potentially
multiline) comment
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<!DOCTYPE>
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Document type
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<a>
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Hyperlink
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<abbr>
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Abbreviation or acronym
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<acronym>
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Acronym
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Not supported in HTML 5
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<address>
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Contact information for
the author or owner of a document
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<applet>
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Embedded applet
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use <embed>
or <object>)
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<area>
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An area inside an image
map
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<article>
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Article
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New in HTML 5
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<aside>
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Content aside from the
page content
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New in HTML 5
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<audio>
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Sound content
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New in HTML 5
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<b>
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Bold text
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<base>
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The base URL/target
for all relative URLs in a document
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<basefont>
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Default font, colour
and size of all text in a document
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use CSS)
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<bdi>
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Isolates a part of text
that might be formatted in a different direction to other text outside that
part
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New in HTML 5
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<bdo>
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Overrides the current
text direction
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<big>
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Big text
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use CSS)
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<blockquote>
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Section that is quoted
from another source
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<body>
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The body of the
document
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<br>
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A single line break
(c.f. a carriage return)
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<button>
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A clickable button
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<canvas>
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Used to draw graphics
via scripting (usually via JavaScript)
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New in HTML 5
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<caption>
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Table caption
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<center>
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Centred text
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use CSS)
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<cite>
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Title of a work
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<code>
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A piece of computer
code
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<col>
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Indicates column
properties assigned to each column within a <colgroup>
element
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<colgroup>
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Specifies a group of
one or more columns in a table
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<data>
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Links content with a
machine-readable translation
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New in HTML 5
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<datalist>
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A list of pre-defined
options for an <input>
control
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New in HTML 5
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<dd>
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Description or value of
an entry in a description list
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<del>
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Indicates text deleted
from a document
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<details>
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Additional details that
a user can view or hide
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New in HTML 5
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<dfn>
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Defining instance of a
term
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<dialog>
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Dialog box or window
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<dir>
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Directory list
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use <ul>)
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<div>
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Section in a document
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Usually assigned its
own style
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<dl>
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Description list
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<dt>
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Term or name in a
description list
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<em>
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Emphasised text
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Often used to italicise
text, but ideally this should be done using CSS
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<embed>
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A container for an
external (non-HTML) application
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New in HTML 5
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<fieldset>
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Groups related elements
in a form
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<figcaption>
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A caption for a <figure>
element
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New in HTML 5
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<figure>
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Self-contained content
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New in HTML 5
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<font>
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Font, colour and size
of text
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use CSS)
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<footer>
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Footer for a document
or section
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New in HTML 5
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<form>
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An HTML form for user input
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<frame>
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A window (frame) within
a frameset
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Not supported in HTML 5
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<frameset>
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A set of <frame>
elements
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Not supported in HTML 5
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<h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>,
<h6>
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HTML headings
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Provides a hierarchy of
headings
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<head>
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Provides information
about the document
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<header>
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Header for a document
or section
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New in HTML 5
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<hr>
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Indicates a thematic
change in the content
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Often rendered as a
line across the window
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<html>
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Is the root node of an
HTML document
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Only <!DOCTYPE>
elements should appear outside the <html> element
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<i>
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A part of text in an
alternate voice or mood
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<iframe>
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An inline frame
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<img>
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An image
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<input>
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A (single-line) input
control
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<ins>
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Indicates text added to
a document
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<kbd>
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Keyboard input
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<keygen>
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A key-pair generator
field (for forms)
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New in HTML 5
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<label>
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A label for an <input>
element
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<legend>
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Caption for a <fieldset>
element
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<li>
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A list item
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<link>
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Defines the
relationship between a document and an external resource
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Most
commonly used to link to style sheets
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<main>
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Main content of a
document
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New in HTML 5
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<map>
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A client-side image-map
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<mark>
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Marked/highlighted text
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New in HTML 5
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<menu>
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Menu or list of
commands
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<menuitem>
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A menu item/command
that a user can invoke from a popup menu
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New in HTML 5
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<meta>
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Metadata about an HTML
document
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<meter>
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A scalar measurement
within a specific range (a gauge)
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New in HTML 5
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<nav>
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Navigation links
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New in HTML 5
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<noframes>
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Alternate content for
users whose browsers do not support frames
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Not supported in HTML 5
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<noscript>
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Alternate content for
users whose browsers do not support client-side scripts
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<object>
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Embedded object
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<ol>
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Ordered list
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<optgroup>
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Group of related
options in a drop-down list
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<option>
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An option in a
drop-down list
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<output>
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The result of a
calculation
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New in HTML 5
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<p>
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Paragraph
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<param>
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Parameter for an object
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<picture>
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A container for
multiple image resources
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New in HTML 5
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<pre>
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Preformatted text
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<progress>
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Represents the progress
of a task
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New in HTML 5
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<q>
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Short quotation
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<rp>
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Indicates what to show
in browsers that do not support ruby annotations
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New in HTML 5
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<rt>
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Explanation /
pronunciation of characters
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New in HTML 5. For East
Asian typography
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<ruby>
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Ruby annotation
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New in HTML 5. For East
Asian typography
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<s>
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Text
that is no longer correct
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<samp>
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Sample output from a
computer program
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<script>
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Client-side script
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Usually written in
JavaScript
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<section>
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Section in a document
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New in HTML 5
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<select>
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A drop-down list
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<small>
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Smaller text
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<source>
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Allows multiple media
resources for media elements
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New in HTML 5. Links
together associated <video>
and <audio>
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<span>
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Section
in a document
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Usually
defined with its own style
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<strike>
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Strikethrough text
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use <del> or <s>)
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<strong>
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Defines more important
text
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Commonly used as a way
of highlighting text or making it bold
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<style>
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Style
information for a document
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<sub>
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Subscripted
text
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<summary>
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Heading
for a <details>
element
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New in HTML 5
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<sup>
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Superscripted
text
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<table>
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Table
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<tbody>
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Body
of a table
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Here
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<td>
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Table
cell (within a table row)
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<textarea>
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Multiline
input control
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Here
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<tfoot>
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Footer
content of a table
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<th>
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Table
header cell
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Here
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<thead>
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Header
content of a table
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Here
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<time>
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Date
/ time
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Here
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New in HTML 5
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<title>
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Title
for document
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Appears
in <head>
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<tr>
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Table
row (within a table)
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<track>
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Text
track for a media element
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Here
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New in HTML 5 for <video> and <audio>
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<tt>
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Teletype text
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Here
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Not supported in HTML 5
(instead use CSS)
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<u>
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Text
that should be stylistically different from normal text
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Here
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Commonly
used for underlining
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<ul>
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Unordered
list
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Here
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<var>
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Variable
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<video>
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Video
or movie
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Here
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New in HTML 5
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<wbr>
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Possible
line-break
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Here
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New
in HTML 5
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