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Glossary

About htmlHelp

htmlHelp is a reference for anyone writing HTML, whether just starting out, or a professional.

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and it's the publishing language of the World Wide Web. In a nutshell, web browsers interpret the HTML – and voila! – a webpage.

htmlHelp explains some basic HTML webpage design. The site content is broken down by subject and then by the various tag codes. Refer to the glossary for any specific terms.

HTML is generally divided up into tags, attributes and values. The tags are all of the main formatting and layout tags taht make up a page. The attributes exist within the tags and are in many cases optional ways to further define how the tags behave. Attributes are then equal to Values which are variables dependending on the different tags.

Below is a list of all the HTML tags described on this site with links to their locations. Use this as a quick reference guide. Use your browser back button or the Main Page link in the top navigation to return to this menu.

HTML Tag	Description
<a>	anchor
<b>	bold
<big>	big
<blockquote>	quote
<br>	line break
<center>	center
<cite>	citation
<code>	code view
<dd>	definition list
<dfn>	definition
<dl>	definition list
<div>	division
<dt>	definition list
<em>	emphasis (italics)
<font>	font
<form>	form
<i>	italics
<iframe>	in frame
<img>	image
<h1>	header
<head>	head content
<html>	html document
<hr>	horizontal rule
<li>	list
<marquee>	marquee
<meta>	meta tags
<ol>	ordered list
<p>	paragraph
<pre>	preformatted
<s>	strikethrough
<small>	small
<span>	span
<strong>	strong
<sub>	subtext
<sup>	superscript
<tt>	teletype
<table>	table
<title>	page title
<tr>	table row
<td>	table column
<textarea>	text area
<th>	table header
<u>	underline
<ul>	numbered list
<var>	variable