Definition Lists

9/30/99

HTML provides three list facilities, ordered, unordered and definition lists. Definition lists are special lists that can be used to present items that are in the form of a word or set of words, followed by a paragraph-type definition. To define a definition list, you use the <DL>...</DL> tags to define the list, <DT>...</DT> to define the term, and <DD>...</DD> for the definition.

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