What are Elements

Description

The following code shows a simple example of an HTML element applied to some text.

I like <code>web</code> and CSS.

The start tag is <code>, and the end tag is </code>. Between the tags is the element's content, which is web. Together, the tags and the content form the code element.

Note

We use the elements to do the following:

• Elements tell the browser about your content.
• The effect of the element is applied to the element contents.
• Each of the HTML elements has a different and specific meaning. The code element, for example, represents a fragment of computer code.

Note 2

Element names are not case sensitive.

The browsers will recognize <CODE> and <code>, and even <CoDe>, as start tags for the code element.

In general, the convention is to adopt a single case format and stick to it. The more common style has been to use lowercase characters throughout.

Note 3

HTML defines different types of element that fulfill various roles in an HTML document.

The code element is an example of a sematic element. Semantic elements allow us to define the meaning of our content and the relationships between different parts of the content.