The <dd></dd> tag defines a definition list term.

• Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• WebTV / MSNTV
• AvantGo Palm OS
• AvantGo Windows CE
• HTML 3.2, 4.0
• XHTML 1.0
  XHTML List Module

• class (optional)
• dir (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)
• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmousemove (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• style (optional)
• title (optional)

CDATA Usually text. The following tags are valid within the <dd> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var

The <dd> tag is valid within the following tag:
dl

• standard definition list

  <dl>
    <dt>HTML</dt>
    <dd>HyperText Markup Language</dd>
  </dl>

• Keep in mind that while most browsers indent the <dd> tag, the tag is not a "style" tag, it defines the type of contents, and the browsers can display it as they like. While it is possible to use the <dd> tag to indent text, it is better to use style sheets.

• <dl></dl>
• <dt></dt>link]
  
• [link url=http://webdesign.about.com/cs/beginninghtml/a/aabg121398.htm]Lists
  

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