HTML <embed> tag is used to embed an external document in an HTML file which can be a third party application, multimedia, plugin(interactive content), etc. This element is new in HTML5.
Note: The <embed> element can be used to contain third party applications as well multimedia documents but in HTML5 the newly added <audio> and <video> elements are especially used to embed multimedia in HTML document.
Syntax
<embed src=" " ></embed> Following are some specifications about the HTML <embed> tag
| Display | block |
| Start tag/End tag | Both Start and End tag |
| Usage | Embed third-party applications |
Example 1
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Embed Tag</title>
<style>
h2{
color: #cd5c5c;}
p{
color: #20b2aa;
font-style: italic;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Example of embed tag</h2>
<p>The Dancing Penguin</p>
<embed src="giphy.gif" height="200" width="300"></embed>
</body>
</html>Output:
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