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The Image Tag and the Src Attribute

In HTML, images are defined with the <img>tag. To display an image on a page, you need to use the src attribute. Src stands for "source". The value of the src attribute is the URL of the image you want to display on your page.

The syntax of defining an image:
<img src="url"> The URL points to the location where the image is stored.

The Alt Attribute

The alt attribute is used to define an "alternate text" for an image. The value of the alt attribute is an author-defined text:
<img src="rose.gif" alt="red rose"> The "alt" attribute tells the reader what he or she is missing on a page if the browser can't load images. The browser will then display the alternate text instead of the image. It is a good practice to include the "alt" attribute for each image on a page, to improve the display and usefulness of your document for people who have text-only browsers.

Example

output

this is A background image!

gif and jpg files can be used as HTML backgrounds .

If the image is smaller than the page, the image will repeat .

notes

You can make a picture larger or smaller changing the values in the "height" and "width" attributes of the img tag.for example
<img src="rose.gif" width="45" height="45">