Summary -

In this topic, we described about the <dd> tag along with detailed example.

DD stands for "Definition Description". Used to specify the term/description/name in a description list. The <dd> tag is used to specify the description in a description list.

The description list (<dl>) is a list item contains a term and a description. Description can be more than one for a description list. The term is represented with <dt> tag and will discuss further.

The description is represented with <dd> tag. The basic tag can be specifies as <dd></dd> and the description being inserted between the opening and closing tags. The <dd> tag can be nested inside the <dl> tag.

<dd> tag was used to define an item in a definition list in HTML 4.01. <dd> tag is used to define a term/name in a description list in HTML5.

Syntax -

<dd>.... HTML text here </dd>

Example -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title> DD element example.. </title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<dl>
			<dt>TC</dt>
			<dd> objective is to deliver the point to point online 
			content on various technologies (including technical and 
			non-technical) to encourage the reader to learn and gain 
			expertise on their desired skills without any conditions 
			and restrictions.</dd>
		</dl>
	</body>
</html>

Output -

TC
objective is to deliver the point to point online content on various technologies (including technical and non-technical) to encourage the reader to learn and gain expertise on their desired skills without any conditions and restrictions.