The phrase Tags (XHTML Reference)

Introduction

The following tags are known as the phrase tags:

<em> <strong> <dfn> <code> <samp> <kbd> <var> <cite>

Phrase tags are a extra formatting to the text like the address tag which lets the text appear in italic.

Example

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<em>Text is emphasized</em><br />

<strong>Text is strong</strong><br />

<dfn>Text is a definition term</dfn><br />

<code>Text is in computer code</code><br />

<samp>This is a sample computer code</samp><br />

<kbd>This is a keyboard text</kbd><br />

<var>This is a variable</var><br />

<cite>This is a citation</cite>
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Output

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