<code>

Example

The <html> element wraps around the entire document. Everything must be inside here.

The <head> element contains metadata about the document that the browsers can see, but is not designed for users.

The <body> element contains what the user sees. This is where most of the markup will be included.

Usage

<p>
  The <code>&lt;html&gt;</code> element wraps around the entire
  document. Everything must be inside here.
</p>
<p>
  The <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> element contains metadata about the
  document that the browsers can see, but is not designed for users.
</p>
<p>
  The <code>&lt;body&gt;</code> element contains what the user sees.
  This is where most of the markup will be included.
</p>

Description

The <code> element contains any small piece of computer code that is part of the main body of text. Browsers will style this often using a monospaced font.

For larger pieces of code, such as the example above, it should be wrapped in a <pre> tag. This block-level element ensures that any formatting included stays intact, such as indentations.

One caveat to mention is that the content inside <code> is not inert. If the browser understands it, it will try and parse it. The HTML tags in this example had to be converted to use "<" and ">" instead of regular angle brackets.