HTML Description List | HTML Definition List

HTML Description List or Definition List displays elements in definition form like in dictionary. The <dl>, <dt> and <dd> tags are used to define description list.

The 3 HTML description list tags are given below:

1. <dl> tag defines the description list.
2. <dt> tag defines data term.
3. <dd> tag defines data definition (description).

<dl>  

  <dt>HTML</dt>  

  <dd>is a markup language</dd>  

  <dt>Java</dt>  

  <dd>is a programming language and platform</dd>  

 <dt>JavaScript</dt>  

 <dd>is a scripting language</dd>  

  <dt>SQL</dt>  

  <dd>is a query language</dd>   

</dl