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An Explanation of the Basic Codes

In this sample, as in any complete HTML file, the HTML codes, or tags, appear in angle brackets < >. Case is not important. That is, <H1> has the same function as <h1>.

Notice that most codes have a start code and a stop code. For example, <title> tells HTML to start a title and </title> tells HTML to end it.

Using the few basic tag descriptions and hints given below, you can write a simple, yet complete, HTML document.





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