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<HTML>...</HTML>--tells browsers the page is
written in HTML; entire document goes between the HTML tags
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<HEAD>...</HEAD>--appears just below the HTML
tag in every HTML document; contains information about the document but
does not appear on Web page
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<TITLE>...</TITLE>--specifies the title of
the document; the text between these tags appears in browser's title bar
but not on the Web page itself
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<BODY>...</BODY>--contains all the text and
images that make up the Web page, together with all the HTML elements that
provide the control/formatting of the page
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BGCOLOR--attribute of <BODY> tag; designates color
of page's background
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BACKGROUND--attribute of <BODY> tag; designates
image as page's background (wallpaper)
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<H1>-<H6>...</H1>-</H6>--codes text as
headings; <H1> is the largest, <H6> the smallest
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<CENTER>...</CENTER>--centers text and other
elements on page
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<BR>--breaks text onto a new line (no vertical
space between lines)
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<P>--breaks text into a new paragraph (leaves
blank line above new paragraph)
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<I>...</I>--creates italic text
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<B>...</B>--creates bold text
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<EM>...</EM>--creates emphasized text, usually
italic
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<STRONG>...</STRONG>--creates strongly emphasized
text, usually bold
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<A>...</A>--marks text as the start and/or
destination of a link; requires the HREF or NAME attribute
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HREF--attribute of <A> tag; makes text or image
between <A> tags a hyperlink
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NAME--attribute of <A> tag; makes text or image
between <A> tags the target of a hyperlink
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<UL>...</UL>--creates an unordered (bulleted)
list
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<OL>...</OL>--creates an ordered (numbered)
list
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<LI>--used in conjunction with the <UL> or
<OL> tag, designates a list item in an unordered or ordered list
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<DL>...</DL>--creates a definition list
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<DT>--used in conjunction with the <DL> tag,
designates a definition title in a definition list
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<DD>--used in conjunction with the <DL> tag,
designates a definition description in a definition list
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<IMG>--adds an image to a page; must have SRC
attribute
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SRC--attribute of <IMG> tag; points to location
of digital image file
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WIDTH--attribute of <IMG> tag; defines width of
image in pixels
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HEIGHT--attribute of <IMG> tag; defines height
of image in pixels
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If you're curious about the myriad HTML tags we didn't cover, check out
Maran Wilson's comprehensive 
