empty-element tag

emp·ty-el·e·ment tag
UK/ˈɛmp.tiː ˈɛl.ə.mənt ˌtæɡ/Canada, US/ˈɛmp.ti ˈɛl.ə.mənt ˌtæɡ/Australia/ˈemp.tiː ˈel.ə.mənt ˌtæɡ/New Zealand/ˈemp.tiː ˈel.ə.mənt ˌtɛɡ/

noun

An empty HTML/XML/SGML element, one with tag(s) but no content.

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Meanings

nounempty-element tag (plural empty-element tags)

plural empty-element tags

  1. computingAn empty HTML/XML/SGML element, one with tag(s) but no content.
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