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Defines a comment

<!DOCTYPE> Defines the document type

<a>Defines a hyperlink

<abbr>Defines an abbreviation or an acronym

<acronym>Not supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead.
Defines an acronym

<address>Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document

<applet>Not supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or <object> instead.
Defines an embedded applet

<area>Defines an area inside an image map

<article>Defines an article

<aside>Defines content aside from the page content

<audio>Defines embedded sound content

<b>Defines bold text

<base>Specifies the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document

<basefont>Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document

<bdi>Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it

<bdo>Overrides the current text direction

<big>Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines big text

<blockquote>Defines a section that is quoted from another source

<body>Defines the document's body

<br>Defines a single line break

<button>Defines a clickable button

<canvas>Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript)

<caption>Defines a table caption

<center>Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines centered text

<cite>Defines the title of a work

<code>Defines a piece of computer code

<col>Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element

<colgroup>Specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting

<data>Adds a machine-readable translation of a given content

<datalist>Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input controls

<dd>Defines a description/value of a term in a description list

<del>Defines text that has been deleted from a document

<details>Defines additional details that the user can view or hide

<dfn>Specifies a term that is going to be defined within the content

<dialog>Defines a dialog box or window

<dir>Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead.
Defines a directory list

<div>Defines a section in a document

<dl>Defines a description list

<dt>Defines a term/name in a description list

<em>Defines emphasized text

<fieldset>Groups related elements in a form

<figcaption>Defines a caption for a <figure> element

<figure>Specifies self-contained content

<font>Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines font, color, and size for text

<footer>Defines a footer for a document or section

<form>Defines an HTML form for user input

<frame>Not supported in HTML5.
Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset

<frameset>Not supported in HTML5.
Defines a set of frames

<h1> to <h6>Defines HTML headings

<head>Contains metadata/information for the document

<header>Defines a header for a document or section

<hr>Defines a thematic change in the content

<html>Defines the root of an HTML document

<i>Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood

<img>Defines an image

<input>Defines an input control

<ins>Defines a text that has been inserted into a document

<kbd>Defines keyboard input

<label>Defines a label for an <input> element

<legend>Defines a caption for a <fieldset> element

<li>Defines a list item

<main>Specifies the main content of a document

<map>Defines an image map

<mark>Defines marked/highlighted text

<meter>Defines a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge)

<nav>Defines navigation links

<noframes>Not supported in HTML5.
Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames

<ol>Defines an ordered list

<optgroup>Defines a group of related options in a drop-down list

<option>Defines an option in a drop-down list

<output>Defines the result of a calculation

<p>Defines a paragraph

<param>Defines a parameter for an object

<picture>Defines a container for multiple image resources

<pre>Defines preformatted text

<progress>Represents the progress of a task

<q>Defines a short quotation

<rp>Defines what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations

<rt>Defines an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typography)

<ruby>Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)

<s>Defines text that is no longer correct

<samp>Defines sample output from a computer program

<section>Defines a section in a document

<select>Defines a drop-down list

<small>Defines smaller text

<source>Defines multiple media resources for media elements (<video> and <audio>)

<span>Defines a section in a document

<strike>Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead.
Defines strikethrough text

<strong>Defines important text

<sub>Defines subscripted text

<summary>Defines a visible heading for a <details> element

<sup>Defines superscripted text

<table>Defines a table

<tbody>Groups the body content in a table

<td>Defines a cell in a table

<template>Defines a container for content that should be hidden when the page loads

<textarea>Defines a multiline input control (text area)

<tfoot>Groups the footer content in a table

<th>Defines a header cell in a table

<thead>Groups the header content in a table

<time>Defines a specific time (or datetime)

<title>Defines a title for the document

<tr>Defines a row in a table

<track>Defines text tracks for media elements (<video> and <audio>)

<tt>Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines teletype text

<u>Defines some text that is unarticulated and styled differently from normal text

<ul>Defines an unordered list

<var>Defines a variable

<video>Defines embedded video content

<wbr>Defines a possible line-break