Escape tags in html

Question

What are escape tags in html?

Are they " < > to represent " < >?
And how do these work?
Is that hex, or what is it?
How is it made, and why aren't they just the characters themselves?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/692123/escape-tags-in-html

Answer 1

Here are some common entities. You do not need to use the full code - there are common aliases for frequently used entities. For example, you can use < and > to indicate less than and greater than symbols. & is ampersand, etc.

EDIT: That should be - < > and &

EDIT: Another common character is &nbsp which is often used to represent tabs in <code> segments