HTML Entities & Web Safety
In HTML, certain characters are "reserved" because they have special meaning. For example, the less-than sign (`<`) is used to start tags, and the greater-than sign (`>`) ends them.
If you want the browser to actually verify these characters as text rather than interpreting them as code, you must replace them with HTML Entities.
Common Entities Table
| Character | Entity Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| < | < | Less Than |
| > | > | Greater Than |
| & | & | Ampersand |
| " | " | Double Quote |
| ' | ' | Single Quote |
| © | © | Copyright |