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Description
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Further comments
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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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<b>
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Bold text
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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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<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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<del>
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Indicates text deleted from a document
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<dfn>
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Defining instance of a term
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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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<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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<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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<i>
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A part of text in an alternate voice or mood
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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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<mark>
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Marked/highlighted text
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New in HTML 5
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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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<p>
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Paragraph
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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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<small>
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Smaller text
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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 another way of highlighting text or
making it bold
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<sub>
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Subscripted text
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<sup>
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Superscripted text
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<time>
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Date / time
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New in HTML 5
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<tt>
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Teletype text
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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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Commonly used for underlining
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<var>
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Variable
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<wbr>
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Posible line-break
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New in HTML 5
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