HTML Description List or Definition List displays elements in definition form like in dictionary. The <dl>, <dt> and <dd> tags are used to define description list.

The 3 HTML description list tags are given below:

  1. <dl> tag defines the description list.
  2. <dt> tag defines data term.
  3. <dd> tag defines data definition (description).
 <dl>
  <dt>HTML</dt>
  <dd>is a markup language</dd>
  <dt>Java</dt>
  <dd>is a programming language and platform</dd>
 <dt>JavaScript</dt>
 <dd>is a scripting language</dd>
  <dt>SQL</dt>
  <dd>is a query language</dd>
</dl>

Output:

HTML
is a markup language
Java
is a programming language and platform
JavaScript
is a scripting language
SQL
is a query language