html Tags
A tag is a bit of text that acts as a point demarcation. To create a tag, HTML gives certain characters special meaning: the angle brackets < and >.
Putting characters within angle brackets creates a tag.
<h1> A heading </h1>
tags used
Start tag or opening tag and End tag or closing tag. An end tag always matches a start tag, except that it has an extra forward slash after the opening angle bracket.
<h1> A heading </h1>
tag type:
Container Tag – Which has opening and closing Tag.
Ex-<html> ……. </html>
<head> ……. </head>
<body> ……. </body>
Empty Tag – which has only opening tag.
Ex: –
<br>
<area>
<base>
<hr>
<img>
<input>
Element
The combination of a start and end tags define an element. Everything between the two tags is referred to as the contents of the element.
<h1> A heading </h1>