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HTML Description List | HTML Definition List

HTML Description List or Definition List displays elements in definition form like in dictionary. The <dl>, <dt> and <dd> tags are used to define description list.

The 3 HTML description list tags are given below:

<dl> tag defines the description list.
<dt> tag defines data term.
<dd> tag defines data definition (description).

<dl>
  <dt>HTML</dt>
  <dd>is a markup language</dd>
  <dt>Java</dt>
  <dd>is a programming language and platform</dd>
 <dt>JavaScript</dt>
 <dd>is a scripting language</dd>
  <dt>SQL</dt>
  <dd>is a query language</dd> 
</dl>

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Output:

HTML: is a markup language
Java: is a programming language and platform
JavaScript: is a scripting language
SQL: is a query language

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Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<dl>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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