HTML - <dt> Tag

Description

The HTML <dt> tag is used to define the start of a term in a definition list.

A definition list is similar to other lists but in a definition list, each list item contains two entries; a term and a description.

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

   <head>
      <title>HTML dt Tag</title>
   </head>

   <body>
      <dl>
         <dt>Definition List</dt>
         <dd>A list of terms and their definitions/descriptions.</dd>
         <dt>JAVA</dt>
         <dd>Tutorial on JAVA Programming Language.</dd>
         <dt>Android</dt>
         <dd>Tutorial on Android Operating System.</dd>
      </dl>
   </body>

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Global Attributes

This tag supports all the global attributes described in HTML Attribute Reference

Event Attributes

This tag supports all the event attributes described in HTML Events Reference

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Opera	Safari	Android
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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