empty element tag

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empty element tag - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  tag
  empty element tag
  end tag
  start tag
  
     <language, text> An SGML, HTML, or XML token
     representing the beginning (start tag: "<p ...>") or end (end
     tag: "</p>") of an element.  In normal SGML syntax (and
     always in XML), a tag starts with a "<" and ends with an
     ">".
  
     In HTML jargon, the term "tag" is often used for an
     "element".
  
     (2001-01-31)