markuptag
nounUK /ˈmɑːkʌp tæɡ/
US /ˈmɑːrkʌp tæɡ/
A markup tag is a special word in code that tells a computer how to show something on a page.
The teacher showed us how a markup tag makes text bold on a website.
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2. A label used in publishing to mark how text should be formatted.
The editor added a markup tag to show the heading style.
3. A piece of code that marks the start or end of a section in a document.
Every opening markup tag should have a matching closing tag.
4. A keyword enclosed in angle brackets used in web documents.
The markup tag <p> starts a new paragraph.