Following tags have been introduced in older versions of HTML but all the tags marked with 
are part of HTML-5.
| Tag |
Description |
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| <!--...--> |
Specifies a comment |
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| <!DOCTYPE> |
Specifies the document type |
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| <a> |
Specifies an anchor |
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| <abbr> |
Specifies an abbreviation |
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| <acronym> |
Specifies an acronym |
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| <address> |
Specifies an address element |
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| <applet> |
Deprecated. Specifies an applet |
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| <area> |
Specifies an area inside an image map |
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| <article> |
Specifies an article |
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| <aside> |
Specifies some content loosely related to the page content. If it is removed, the remaining content still makes sense |
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| <audio> |
Specifies a sound content |
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| <b> |
Specifies bold text |
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| <base> |
Specifies a base URL for all the links in a page |
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| <basefont> |
Deprecated. Specifies a base font |
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| <bdo> |
Specifies the direction of text display |
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| <bdi> |
Represents text that must be isolated from its surrounding for bidirectional text formatting. It allows embedding a span of text with a different, or unknown, directionality |
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| <bgsound> |
Specifies background music |
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| <big> |
Specifies big text |
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| <blink> |
Specifies a text which blinks |
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| <blockquote> |
Specifies a long quotation |
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| <body> |
Specifies the body element |
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| <br> |
Inserts a single line break |
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| <button> |
Specifies a push button |
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| <canvas> |
For making graphics with a script |
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| <caption> |
Specifies a table caption |
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| <center> |
Deprecated. Specifies centered text |
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| <cite> |
Specifies a citation |
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| <code> |
Specifies computer code text |
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| <col> |
Specifies attributes for table columns |
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| <colgroup> |
Specifies groups of table columns |
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| <comment> |
Puts a comment in the document |
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| <datalist> |
A list of options for input values |
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| <dd> |
Specifies a definition description |
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| <del> |
Specifies deleted text |
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| <dfn> |
Specifiesa definition term |
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| <dialog> |
Specifiesa dialog box or window |
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| <dir> |
Deprecated. Specifies a directory list |
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| <div> |
Specifies a section in a document |
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| <dl> |
Specifies a definition list |
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| <dt> |
Specifies a definition term |
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| <em> |
Specifies emphasized text |
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| <embed> |
Specifiesa container for an external (non-HTML) application |
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| <fieldset> |
Specifies a fieldset |
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| <figcaption> |
Specifiesa caption for a <figure> element |
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| <figure> |
Specifies self-contained content |
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| <font> |
Deprecated. Specifies text font, size, and color |
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| <footer> |
Specifies a footer for a document or section |
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| <form> |
Specifies a form |
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| <frame> |
Specifies a sub window (a frame) |
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| <frameset> |
Specifies a set of frames |
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| <h1> to <h6> |
Specifies header 1 to header 6 |
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| <head> |
Specifies information about the document |
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| <header> |
Specifies a header for a document or section |
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| <hr> |
Specifies a horizontal rule |
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| <html> |
Specifies an html document |
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| <i> |
Specifies italic text |
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| <iframe> |
Specifies an inline sub window (frame) |
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| <ilayer> |
Specifies an inline layer |
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| <img> |
Specifies an image |
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| <input> |
Specifies an input field |
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| <ins> |
Specifies inserted text |
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| <isindex> |
Deprecated. Specifies a single-line input field |
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| <kbd> |
Specifies keyboard text |
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| <keygen> |
Generate key information in a form |
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| <label> |
Specifies a label for a form control |
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| <layer> |
Specifies a layer |
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| <legend> |
Specifies a title in a fieldset |
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| <li> |
Specifies a list item |
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| <link> |
Specifies a resource reference |
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| <main> |
Specifies the main or important content in the document. There is only one element in the document |
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| <map> |
Specifies an image map |
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| <mark> |
Specifies a text highlighted for reference purposes, that is for its relevance in another context |
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| <marquee> |
Creates a scrolling-text marquee |
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| <menu> |
Deprecated. Specifies a menu list |
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| <menuitem> |
Specifies a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu |
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| <meta> |
Specifies meta data of an html document which is not displayed on the page |
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| <meter> |
Specifies a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge) |
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| <multicol> |
Specifies a multicolumn text flow |
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| <nav> |
Specifies a section that contains only navigation links |
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| <nobr> |
No breaks allowed in the enclosed text |
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| <noembed> |
Specifies content to be presented by browsers that do not support the <embed>tag |
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| <noframes> |
Specifies a noframe section |
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| <noscript> |
Specifies a noscript section |
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| <object> |
Specifies an embedded object |
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| <ol> |
Specifies an ordered list |
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| <optgroup> |
Specifies an option group |
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| <option> |
Specifies an option in a drop-down list |
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| <output> |
Specifies the result of a calculation |
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| <p> |
Specifies a paragraph |
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| <param> |
Specifies a parameter for an object |
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| <plaintext> |
Deprecated. Render the remainder of the document as preformatted plain text |
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| <pre> |
Specifies preformatted text |
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| <progress> |
Specifies a completion progress of a task |
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| <q> |
Specifies a short quotation |
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| <rp> |
Specifies to show browsers that do not support the ruby element |
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| <rt> |
Specifies an text ruby annotation |
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| <ruby> |
Specifies an ruby annotation |
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| <s> |
Deprecated. Specifies strikethrough text |
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| <samp> |
Specifies sample computer code |
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| <script> |
Specifies a script |
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| <section> |
Specifies a section in a document |
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| <select> |
Specifies a selectable list |
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| <spacer> |
Specifies a white space |
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| <small> |
Specifies small text |
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| <source> |
Specifies a media resources for media elements, defined inside video or audio elements |
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| <span> |
Specifies a section in a document |
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| <strike> |
Deprecated. Specifies strikethrough text |
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| <strong> |
Specifies strong text |
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| <style> |
Specifies a style definition |
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| <sub> |
Specifies subscripted text |
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| <summary> |
Specifies a summary, caption, or legend for a given <details> |
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| <sup> |
Specifies superscripted text |
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| <table> |
Specifies a table |
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| <tbody> |
Specifies a table body |
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| <td> |
Specifies a table cell |
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| <textarea> |
Specifies a text area |
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| <tfoot> |
Specifies a table footer |
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| <th> |
Specifies a table heading |
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| <thead> |
Specifies a table header |
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| <time> |
Specifies a date and time <details> |
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| <title> |
Specifies the document title |
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| <tr> |
Specifies a table row |
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| <track> |
Specifies a text tracks used in mediaplayers |
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| <tt> |
Specifies teletype text |
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| <u> |
Deprecated. Specifies underlined text |
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| <ul> |
Specifies an unordered list |
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| <var> |
Specifies a variable |
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| <video> |
Specifies a text tracks used in media players |
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| <wbr> |
Indicates a potential word break point within a <nobr> section |
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| <xmp> |
Deprecated. Specifies preformatted text |
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