Tags and Attributes in HTML

What is a Tag??

HTML Commands are known as tags.The Html tags are surrounded by the two characters < and >.These characters are called angle brackets.

For Example: <h1></h1>, <a></a>, <br> , <img> etc..

Types of Tags:

There are two types of tags in HTML.

• Pair Tags

•  Non-pair Tags

• Pair Tags:-

The type of tags that have both start tag and end tag are called Pair tags.

For Example: <h1></h1>,<a></a>,<p></p> etc..

• Non-Pair Tags:-

The type of tags that have not both start tag and end tag are called Non-Pair tags.In other words,the tag that have no end tag is called Non-Pair tag.

For Example: <img>,<br> etc..

Attributes:-

Some Elements may also include some attributes.An attribute is the additional information about the element that is included inside the start tag.Some attributes are compulsory and some are optional.