what is the code element in html

1Html is a markup kanguage based on XML. It uses nested <objects>
2These objects are defined by the standards body W3C 
3they are usually used in pairs ... <thing> </thing>
4A .html file has a bunch of these tags
5information to be displayed goes between the start and end  tags
6 <p> This text is now a paragraph</p>
7 Elements can have unique identifiers used by javascript and CSS
8 <p id="fruit"> Apple Orange Banana </p>
9 Elements can be styled by belonging to a class of Elements
10  <p class="redThings"> This text will be colored red if "redThings" says so
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1HTML Elements are what make up HTML in general
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3<p> is an element  

1The HTML <code> element displays its contents styled in a fashion intended to indicate that the text is a short fragment of computer code. By default, the content text is displayed using the user agent's default monospace font