`<dd> HTML Tag`

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Element of: Lists Bring Order To Web Pages: Here’s The HTML Code To Create Them
What does <dd> HTML Tag do?: The <dd> element is used to pair a definition description with a sibling definition term enclosed in <dt> tags within a parent definition 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>
</dt>

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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