Basic structure of HTML
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Basic structure of HTML
HTML is the markup language used to create web pages. The basic structure of HTML is composed of some fundamental tags that must be used in all pages.
Fundamental HTML tags
The fundamental HTML tags are as follows:
<!DOCTYPE html>: this tag tells the browser that the document is an HTML5 file;<html>: this tag indicates the beginning of the HTML document;<head>: this tag contains information about the document, such as the page title and metadata;<meta charset="UTF-8">: this tag defines the character set used in the document, which must be UTF-8 to support special characters;<title>: this tag defines the title of the page, which is displayed in the browser tab;<body>: this tag contains the content of the page;</html>: This tag indicates the end of the HTML document.
Basic HTML structure example
The following is an example of the basic structure of HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>My web page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to my webpage</h1>
<p>This is an example page created with HTML.</p>
</body>
</html>
Note that the basic structure of HTML must be respected in all web pages, and the content may vary according to the purpose of the page.
Now answer the exercise about the content:
_What is the tag used to indicate the beginning of the HTML document?
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