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{{Short description|Individual component of an HTML document}}

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An '''HTML element''' is a type of [[HTML]] (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others).{{Vague|date=February 2019}} The first used version of HTML was written by [[Tim Berners-Lee]] in 1993 and there have since been many versions of HTML. The current de facto standard is governed by the industry group [[WHATWG]] and is known as the HTML Living Standard.

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====Anchor====

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====Phrase elements====

Phrase elements are used for marking up phrases and adding structure or semantic meaning to text fragments. For example, the <code><nowiki><{{tag|em></nowiki></code>|o}} and <code><nowiki><{{tag|strong></nowiki></code>|o}} tags can be used for adding emphasis to text.

=====General=====

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{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML401|HTML 4.0]]; still current, '''not supported''' in [[#HTML5|HTML5]]. Recommended replacement is the <code>abbr</code> tag.<ref>[https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_acronym.asp Acronym tag], acronym.</ref>}}

{{term|term=defndfn |content= {{XMLElement|dfn|Definition}} }}

{{defn|1= Inline definition of a single term.}}

{{defn|<code>DFN</code> existed in ''[[#HTMLDRAFT12|HTML Internet Draft 1.2]]'', and was fully '''standardized''' in [[#HTML32|HTML 3.2]]; still current.}}

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{{defn|<code>TT</code> existed in ''[[#HTMLDRAFT12|HTML Internet Draft 1.2]]'', and was '''Standardized''' in [[#HTML20|HTML 2.0]]; not supported<ref name="html5-tt-not-supported">{{citation|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/obsolete.html#non-conforming-features |title=11 Obsolete features — HTML5 |publisher=W3C |access-date=2012-03-26}}</ref> in HTML5. Possible replacements: [[#kbd|{{tag|kbd|o}}]] for marking user input, [[#var|{{tag|var|o}}]] for variables (usually rendered italic, and not with a change to monospace), [[#code|{{tag|code|o}}]] for source code, [[#samp|{{tag|samp|o}}]] for output.<ref name="html5-tt-not-supported" />}}

{{term|term=font |content= {{XMLElement|font|TeletypeFont|deprecated=1}} }}

{{defn|1= {{code|lang=html|code=<font [color=<var>color</var>] [size=<var>size</var>] [face=<var>face</var>]>...</font>}}

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{{term|term=applet |content= {{XMLElement|applet|Java Applet|deprecated=xhtml}} }}

{{defn|1= Embeds a [[Java applet]] in the page. Deprecated in favor of {{tag|object|o}}, as it could only be used with Java applets, and had accessibility limitations.}}

{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML32|HTML 3.2]]; '''deprecated''' in [[#HTML401|HTML 4.0 Transitional]]; '''invalid''' in [[#HTML401|HTML 4.0 Strict]].; As'''obsolete''' ofin 2011, still widely used as the implementations of the replacing {{tag[[#HTML5|object|o}} are not consistent between different browsersHTML5]].}}

{{term|term=area |content= {{XMLElement|area|Area|end=no}} }}