<dt> HTML Tag

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Element of
Lists Bring Order To Web Pages: Here’s The HTML Code To Create Them
What does <dt> HTML Tag do?
The <dt> element defines a term in a description list.
Display
block
Usage
textual

Code Example

<dl>
 <dt>HTML</dt>
 <dd>Hypertext Markup Language, the language for authoring web documents.</dd>
 <dt>CSS</dt>
 <dd>Cascading Style Sheets, the language for defining the styles and presentation of an HTML document.</dd>
 <dt> JavaScript</dt>
 <dd>A scripting language built-in to most browsers and designed to be used with web documents.</dd>
</dl>
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language, the language for authoring web documents.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets, the language for defining the styles and presentation of an HTML document.
JavaScript
A scripting language built-in to most browsers and designed to be used with web documents.
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