Historic Elements
The following elements were part of the early HTML developed by Tim Berners-Lee from 1989–91; they are mentioned in HTML Tags, but deprecated in HTML 2.0 and were never part of HTML standards.
... </code></del> (obsolete)</dt> <dt><del><code><xmp>...</xmp></code></del> (obsolete)</dt> <dd>These elements were used to show fixed-width text; their use was replaced by <code>pre</code>.</dd> <dd><b><code>plaintext</code></b> <i>cannot</i> have an end tag – it terminates the markup and causes the rest of the document to be parsed as if it were plain text.</dd> <dd>These existed in <i>HTML Tags</i>; <b>deprecated</b> in HTML 2.0; <b>invalid</b> in HTML 4.0.</dd> <dt><del><code><nextid>...</nextid></code></del> (obsolete)</dt> <dd>This element related to the original NeXT http server, and was not used once the web had spread to other systems.</dd> <dd><b><code>nextid</code></b> existed in <i>HTML Tags</i> (described as obsolete); <b>deprecated</b> in HTML 2.0; <b>invalid</b> in HTML 3.2 and later.</dd> </dl></div><p>Read more about this topic: <a href="/html_element">HTML Element</a></p> </div> <div class="left_space_holder"> <p><h3>Famous quotes containing the words <span class="quote_words">historic</span> and/or <span class="quote_words">elements</span>:</h3></p><ul> <p id="quote_ext"><span class="quot">“</span>Never is a <i>historic</i> deed already completed when it is done but always only when it is handed down to posterity. What we call “history” by no means represents the sum total of all significant deeds.... World history ... only comprises that tiny lighted sector which chanced to be placed in the spotlight by poetic or scholarly depictions.<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_stefan_zweig" title="Who is Stefan Zweig?">Stefan Zweig</a> (18811942)</p> <p id="quote_ext"><span class="quot">“</span>The three great <i>elements</i> of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_thomas_carlyle" title="Who is Thomas Carlyle?">Thomas Carlyle</a> (1795–1881)</p></ul> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <div class="right_holder"> <div class="related">Terms related to <i>html element</i>:</div> <div class="terms">Related Phrases</div> <li><a href="/document_head">Document Head</a></li> <li><a href="/element_represents">Element Represents</a></li> <li><a href="/empty_elements">Empty Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/head_element">Head Element</a></li> <li><a href="/html_tags">Html Tags</a></li> <li><a href="/meta_element">Meta Element</a></li> <li><a href="/start_tag">Start Tag</a></li> <li><a href="/text_elements">Text Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/user_agents">User Agents</a></li> <div class="terms">Related Words</div> <li><a href="/block">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/comment">Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/content">Content</a></li> <li><a href="/frameset">Frameset</a></li> <li><a href="/image">Image</a></li> <li><a href="/invalid">Invalid</a></li> <li><a href="/links">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/standardized">Standardized</a></li> <li><a href="/valid">Valid</a></li> <li><a href="/written">Written</a></li> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="foot"> <span>Source(s):</span> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/elements" target="_blank">Wikipedia Elements</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons</a>) </ul> </div> <div class="serve_holder"> <div class="copy"> Copyright © 2025 <a href="http://www./"></a> • <a href="/Contact_Us" rel="nofollow">Contact Us</a> • <a href="/Privacy_Policy" rel="nofollow">Privacy Policy</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </center> </body> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-69789811-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </html>