HTML Tags and Elements

Vocabulary flashcards covering HTML structure, tags, elements, heading hierarchy, lists, links, and image attributes for Computer Science 8.

HTML

HyperText Markup Language; used to structure web pages and tell the browser what each piece of content is.

HTML Tag

Code wrapped in angle brackets (such as

) that tells the browser what to do with content.

HTML Element

The complete structure formed by an opening tag, content, and a closing tag combined together.

Opening Tag

The starting tag of an HTML element, such as

.

Closing Tag

The ending tag of an HTML element, which usually contains a forward slash / (such as

).

Heading Tags

Tags ranging from

up to

used to organize content, where

is the main/highest-level heading.

Heading Hierarchy

The organizational structure where

represents the main title,

represents a section,

represents a subsection, and

represents detail.

The paragraph tag used for blocks of text to improve content organization and readability.

The line break tag that moves content to the next line without requiring a closing tag.

The image tag used to display images on a web page.

src

An attribute of the tag that specifies where the image is located.

alt

An attribute of the tag that provides alternative text describing what the image is, helping when an image cannot load.

The anchor or link tag used to create clickable links on a webpage.

href

An attribute of the tag that tells the browser where the link goes, such as another webpage, file, or section.

The ordered list tag used to create lists where the order matters (numbered 1, 2, 3).

The unordered list tag used to create bulleted lists where the sequence or order does not matter.

The list item tag used inside

or
elements to define individual list items.

The HTML tag used to group important navigation links together.