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<!--your data--> - Creates comments that are not interpreted by a browser
<!--#ssi type--> - Creates a server side include
<!doctype> - A formal area to declare what html standards you are adhering to
<a> - Creates a link to another page or portion of a page
<address> - Specially formats text that should be used to show authorship information
<applet> - Creates and formats an area for a java applet to run
<area> - Used to define an area within an image map
<b> - Creates bold text
<base> - Used to define the url of the current page
<basefont> - Changes the base font size; all further changes are based on the new size
<bgsound> - Creates a background sound
<big> - Makes the enclosed text bigger
<blink> - Causes enclosed text to blink
<blockquote> - Indents text from both sides
<body> - Sets apart the viewable portion of the document; is also where you set background, text colors, etc
<br> - Creates a line break
<caption> - Creates a table caption
<center> - Centers the enclosed text
<cite> - Creates an italic citation
<code> - Formats text when used to display code or a formula
<col> - Used to specify text alignment in tables
<colgroup> - Used to group table columns together for unified formatting
<dd> - Creates a definition
<dfn> - Formats text to indicate the defining instance of a term
<dl> - Creates a definition list
<dir> - Used to create a bulleted directory list
<div> - Used to format large blocks of html
<dt> - Creates a definition term
<em> - Emphasizes a word with italics
<font> - Sets font attributes such as size and color
<form> - Creates a form
<frame> - Creates and formats a single frame within a frameset
<frameset> - Sets attributes for frames on a page
<h1> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest
<h2> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest
<h3> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest
<h4> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest
<h5> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest
<h6> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest
<head> - Sets apart the title and everything else not displayed on the web page itself
<hr> - Creates and formats a horizontal rule
<html> - Creates the html document
<i> - Creates italicized text
<iframe> - Creates a floating frame
<img> - Creates and formats an image
<input> - Creates different ways for viewers to input information
<isindex> - Declares that html document is an index document
<li> - Creates an item in a list
<listing> - Used to format text in a fixed width font
<map> - Creates an image map
<marquee> - Creates scrolling text
<menu> - Creates a compact unordered list
<meta> - Used within the <head> tag to embed misc. information
<multicol> - Allows text to be formatted into multiple columns
<nobr> - Disallows line breaks to be used within tag
<noframes> - Defines what will be seen by a browser that does not support frames
<noscript> - Used to define alternative content for viewers whose browsers do not support scripts
<object> - Provides a way for ActiveX Controls and other media to be embedded in a document
<ol> - Creates a numbered list
<option> - Creates and sets off each menu item for a menu in a form
<p> - For creating, formatting, and aligning a paragraph
<plaintext> - Causes everything within tags, including other tags, to be treated as plain text
<pre> - Creates preformatted text
<script> - Allows the insertion of scripts, such as JavaScript
<select> - Creates a menu within a form
<small> - Makes the enclosed text smaller
<sound> - A way to insert a backgound sound
<spacer> - Allows the insertion a block of white space
<span> - Used within a block of text to apply a style as defined in a style sheet
<strike> - Draws a horizontal line through the enclosed text
<strong> - Emphasizes a word with boldness
<style> - Used to define style sheet information within the <head> tag
<sub> - Subscripts the enclosed text
<sup> - Superscripts the enclosed text
<table> - Creates a table
<tbody> - Used to define the body section of a table
<td> - Creates a table data field
<textarea> - Creates and formats a text box area
<tfoot> - Used to define the footer section of a table
<th> - Creates a table header
<thead> - Used to define the head section of a table
<title> - Puts the title of the page in the title bar
<tr> - Creates a table row
<tt> - Creates typewriter style text
<u> - Underlines enclosed text
<ul> - Creates a bulleted list
<var> - Used to indicate a variable name; usually displayed in italics
<wbr> - Used to tell a broser where a word or line can be broken if needed
<xmp> - Used to present blocks of text in fixed-width font
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