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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Review: Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS

Shushmita Ahmed
Shushmita Ahmed
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Posted by Shushmita Ahmed
Shushmita Ahmed
154 Points

what is HTML tag?

what is the meaning of HTML tag ?

Scott Becker
Scott Becker
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Scott Becker
Scott Becker
20,349 Points

The Hypertext Markup Language tag tells the browser what version of HTML your web page is using.

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David Brener
David Brener
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David Brener
David Brener
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The HTML tag tells a Web page that said page is an HTML document.

Jamal Searles
Jamal Searles
2,476 Points
Jamal Searles
Jamal Searles
2,476 Points

The <HTML> signals to the browser that the document being viewed is an HTML document. The body of the document is nested between the opening and closing HTML tag.