HTML Entities
HTML Entities are used
Reserved characters in HTML must be replaced with character entities. (Eg: <, >, & etc)
Characters that are not present on your keyboard can also be replaced by entities. (pound , copyright ).
haracter entities are used to display reserved characters in HTML.
A character entity looks like this:
&entity_name;
OR
&#entity_number;
Result Description Entity Name Entity Number
non-breaking space  
< less than < <
> greater than > >
& ampersand & &
" double quotation mark " "
' single quotation mark (apostrophe) ' '
¢ cent ¢ ¢
£ pound £ £
¥ yen ¥ ¥
€ euro € €
© copyright © ©
® registered trademark ® ®