A closing tag is the second part of a pair of tags used to define elements within an HTML document. HTML tags come in pairs: an opening tag and a corresponding closing tag. The closing tag marks the end of an element and is denoted by the tag name preceded by a forward slash (>
).
For example, in HTML, the tag is used to define a paragraph element. It follows this pattern:
- Opening tag:
marks the beginning of the paragraph element.
- Closing tag:
marks the end of the paragraph element.
Here's an example:
01: <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
In this example:
is the opening tag that starts the paragraph element.
is the closing tag that ends the paragraph element.
- The content between the opening and closing tags (
This is a paragraph.
) is the actual content of the paragraph.
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