HTML Entities

Some reserved characters are reserved in HTML.

1. If you use the less than(<) or greater than(>) signs in your text, the browser might mix them with tags.

2. Character entities are used to display reserved characters in HTML.

   Ex: &entity_name;

   (or)

   &#entity_number;0=

   To display a less than sign(<) we must write: &lt; or &#60;

Advantages of using an entity name

-> An entity name is easy to remember.

Disadvantage of using an entity_number

-> Browsers may not support all entity names, but the support for entity numbers is good.