HTML: the game of tag
As was explained to me in an online HTML programming tutorial, for the most part HTML programming is about the use of “tags.” Tags are simply a markup device that tell a web browser how to display information. All HTML tags are enclosed in special angle brackets — “”. What goes inside of those angle brackets will vary from tag to tag. Most HTML tags are found in pairs — a start tag and an end tag. If an end tag is necessary, it will usually be indicated by the use of a forward slash within the angle brackets. For example, the start tag tells your web browser to put what follows in bold, and when it encounters the end tag , that will instruct the browser to stop displaying the text in bold. Learning the various HTML tags is basic to mastering this programming language.