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What is a <code> tag?

Experience Level: Junior

Tags: HTML

Answer

The <code> element is used to define enclosed text as computer code. It is often paired with the <pre> element to preserve line breaks and indentation when presenting blocks of computer code.

Example

<html>
<head>
    <title>Tag pre</title>
</head>
<body>
    <figure>
        <figcaption>Code pre</figcaption>
        <pre>
<code>
    Code
</code> 
</pre>
    </figure>
</body>
</html>