as headings, paragraphs, lists, links, quotes, and other items.
HTML elements are
delineated by tags, written using angle brackets. Tags such as <img> and <input>
directly introduce content into the page. Other tags such as <p> and </p> surround
and provide information about document text and may include sub-element tags.
Browsers do not display the HTML tags but use them to interpret the content of the
page.
HTML can embed programs written in a scripting language such as JavaScript, which
affects the behavior and content of web pages. The inclusion of CSS defines the
look and layout of content. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), former maintainer
of the HTML and current maintainer of the CSS standards, has encouraged the use of
CSS over explicit presentational HTML since 1997.[3] A form of HTML, known as
HTML5, is used to display video and audio, primarily using the <canvas> element,
together with JavaScript.
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