HTML & XHTML Tags - Alphabetically listed

HTML Tags you should learn
Tag nameDescription Group
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<!DOCTYPE>Document type Structural
<a>Anchor or link Links
<area>Region of image map Object
<base>Link base address Links
<body>Document body Structural
<br>Line break Layout
<button>Text or image button Form
<caption>Centered title Table
<dd>Definition description Lists
<div>Divides a document Stylesheet
<dl>Definition list start Lists
<dt>Definition term Lists
<form>User input request Form
<h1> to <h6>Headings Layout
<head>Document header Structural
<hr>Horizontal line Layout
<html>Begin HTML code Structural
<img>Insert an image Object
<input>Input from user Form
<li>List item Lists
<link>External file reference Header
<map>Define an Image map Object
<meta>About the document Header
<noscript>Alternate to a script Object
<object>An embedded object Object
<ol>Ordered list start Lists
<option>Input selection choice Form
<p>A paragraph Layout
<param>Object parameter Object
<script>Client-side script Object
<select>Drop down choice Form
<span>Applying an effect Stylesheet
<style>Begin style effect Stylesheet
<sub>Subscripted text Layout
<sup>Superscripted text Layout
<table>Begin a table Table
<td>Table data cell Table
<textarea>Multi-line input Form
<title>Document Title Header
<tr>Start of row Table
<ul>Bulleted list Lists
Frameset documents only
Tag nameDescription Group
<frame>Frame definition Frame
<frameset>Frame allocation Frame
<iframe>An inline frame Frame
<noframes>Alternate to frames Frame


HTML Tags that are rarely used
Tag nameDescription Group
<abbr>Abbreviation Text
<acronym>Acronym Text
<address>Doc. owner info. General
<bdo>Text direction Text
<cite>Citation Text
<col>Column attributes Table
<colgroup>Format a group Table
<del>Deleted text Text
<dfn>Definition term Text
<fieldset>Box around elements Form
<ins>Inserted text Text
<kbd>Keyboard text Text
<label>Input labeling Form
<legend>Caption for fieldset Form
<optgroup>Selection list group Form
<pre>Pre-formatted text Text
<samp>Sample computer code Text
<tbody>Optional table body Table
<tfoot>Optional table footer Table
<th>Table heading Table
<thead>Header Grouping Table
<var>Variable part of text Text
Stylesheets preferred
Tag nameDescription Group
<b>Bold decoration Text
<big>Big text Text
<blockquote>Quotation Layout
<code>Computer code Text
<em>Emphasized text Text
<i>Italicized text Text
<q>A short quotation Text
<small>Small text Text
<strong>Strong text Text
<tt>Teletype text Text


Obsolete tags, do not use
Tag nameDescription
<applet>Use object
<basefont>Use stylesheet
<center>Use div
<dir>Use ul
<font>Use stylesheet
<isindex>Not available
<menu>Use ul
<s>Use stylesheet
<strike>Use stylesheet
<u>Use stylesheet
<xmp>Not available