The source codes of a typical HTML document may be as follows:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Enter the Page Title Here</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
The main contents of the HTML document should be entered here!
</BODY>
</HTML>

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<HTML> </HTML>

  • The <HTML> and </HTML> tags enclose and declare the start and the end of an HTML document.
  • An HTML document consists of two parts: the Head and the Body.

<HEAD> </HEAD>

  • The <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags enclose the Head of the HTML document.
  • The Head section tells the Web browser what special information should be made available about the page, and what the document should be called in the Title Bar of the Web browser window.
  • Text contained in the Head section will not be displayed as part of the document in a Web browser.

<TITLE> </TITLE>

  • Text enclosed with the <TITLE> and </TITLE> tags will be put in the Title Bar of the Web browser window.

<BODY> </BODY>

  • The <BODY> and </BODY> tags enclose the Body of the HTML document, where the rest of the Web page should be entered.
  • Only the contents in the Body section will be displayed in a Web browser.