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Tags, elements, and attributes are the core building blocks of every HTML page. You'll explore each of them in detail later. For now, you're getting familiar with the basics.

Tags

Tags define elements in an HTML document. They are written inside angle brackets: <tag> and </tag> (opening + closing). The content between them is what the element contains. For example, <p>...</p> defines a paragraph.

Elements

An element = opening tag + content + closing tag. Elements can contain text or other nested elements. For example, <p>I am a paragraph.</p>, this is the complete HTML element.

Attributes

Attributes give extra information about an element. They appear inside the opening tag as name="value". They can change the element's behavior or appearance. For example, <img src="image.jpg" alt="Image" />, src sets the image URL and alt provides fallback text.

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Note
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Tags, elements, and attributes are the core building blocks of every HTML page. You'll explore each of them in detail later. For now, you're getting familiar with the basics.

Tags

Tags define elements in an HTML document. They are written inside angle brackets: <tag> and </tag> (opening + closing). The content between them is what the element contains. For example, <p>...</p> defines a paragraph.

Elements

An element = opening tag + content + closing tag. Elements can contain text or other nested elements. For example, <p>I am a paragraph.</p>, this is the complete HTML element.

Attributes

Attributes give extra information about an element. They appear inside the opening tag as name="value". They can change the element's behavior or appearance. For example, <img src="image.jpg" alt="Image" />, src sets the image URL and alt provides fallback text.

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SectionΒ 1. ChapterΒ 6
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