<TABLE ...>

This is the main wrapper for all the other table elements, and other table elements will be ignored if they aren't wrapped inside of a <TABLE> ... </TABLE> tag.
The <TABLE> element has the following attributes :
BORDER
This attribute appears in the <TABLE> element. If present, borders are drawn around all table cells. If absent, there are no borders, but by default space is left for borders, so the same table with and without the BORDER attribute will have the same width. By default, tables are rendered without borders. The value should be a pixel value.
CELLSPACING=<value>
This attribute allows control over the space used between cells in a table. The value should be a pixel value.
CELLPADDING=<value>
This attribute allows control over the space inserted between the cell data and cell wall in a table. The value should be a pixel value.
<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0> gives the most compact table possible.
WIDTH=<value_or_percent>
This attribute is used to describe the desired width of this table, either as an absolute width in pixels, or a percentage of document width. Ordinarily complex heuristics are applied to tables and their cells to attempt to present a pleasing looking table. Setting the WIDTH attribute overrides those heuristics and instead effort is put into fitting the table into the desired width as specified.
HEIGHT=<value_or_percent>
This attribute describes the height of the table, either as a particular pixel value, or as a percentage of the display window. As for the WIDTH attribute above, setting this attribute will override the browsers internal display mechanism and it will render the table according to the values given.
ALIGN
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) and Netscape support the ALIGN attribute to the <TABLE> tag. Like that used for floating images, it allows a table to be aligned to the left or right of the page, allowing text to flow around the table. Also, as with floating images, it is necessary to have knowledge of the <BR CLEAR=…> element, to be able to organise the text so as to minimise any unwanted clashing.
VALIGN
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) supports the VALIGN attribute to the <TABLE> element. It specifies that the text can be top- or bottom-aligned. The default is centre-aligned.
BGCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) supports use of the BGCOLOR attribute in the TABLE element. It allows the background colour of the table to be specified, using either the specified colour names, or a rrggbb hex triplet.
BORDERCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) includes support for this attribute which sets the border colour of the table. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORLIGHT
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0) allows use of the BORDERCOLORLIGHT attribute to set independently, the lighter colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORDARK. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORDARK
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0) allows use of the BORDERCOLORDARK attribute to set independently, the darker colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORLIGHT. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
The BGCOLOR, BORDERCOLOR, BORDERCOLORLIGHT and BORDERCOLORDARK attributes can also be used in <TH>, <TR> and <TD> elements, with the colour defined in the last element over-riding those defined before. E.g. if a <TD> element contains a BORDERCOLOR attribute setting, the setting specified will be used instead of any colour settings that may have been specified in the <TR> element, which in turn over-rides any colour settings in the <TABLE> element.
BACKGROUND
Internet Explorer supports the placing of images inside the <TABLE> element. (Also in the <TD> and <TH> elements) If used in the <TABLE> element, the image in question will be tiled behind all of the table cells. The syntax is the same as that for <BODY BACKGROUND ...>
FRAME
Only Internet Explore supports the use of this attribute. It requires the BORDER attribute to be set and affects the display of the table borders. It can accept any of the following values:
void - this removes all the external borders
above - this displays external borders at the top of the table only
below - this displays external borders at the bottom of the table only
hsides - this displays external borders at the horizontal sides of the table. I.e. at the top and bottom of the table.
lhs - this displays external borders at the left hand edges of the table only
rhs - this displays external borders at the right hand edges of the table only.
vsides - this displays external borders at both left and right hand edges of the table
box - this displays a box around the table (i.e. top, bottom, left and right hand sides)
RULES
Internet Explorer supports this new attribute. It requires the BORDER value to be set and may only be used in tables where the <THEAD>, <TBODY> and <TFOOT> sections have been set. It affects the display of the internal table borders ("rules"). It can accept the following values:
none - this removes all the internal rules
basic - this displays horizontal borders between the <THEAD>, <TBODY> and <TFOOT> sections
rows - this displays horizontal borders between all rows
cols - this displays horizontal borders between all columns
all - this displays all the internal rules.

<TBODY>

This element, which is Internet Explorer specific, is used to specify the body section of the table. It is somewhat analogous to the <BODY> element. It does not render on the screen, but is required if RULES are set in the <TABLE>.

<TD>

This stands for Table Data, and specifies a standard table data cell. Table data cells must only appear within table rows. Each row need not have the same number of cells specified as short rows will be padded with blank cells on the right. A cell can contain any of the HTML elements normally present in the body of an HTML document. The default alignment of table data is ALIGN=left and VALIGN=middle. These alignments are overridden by any alignments specified in the containing <TR> element, and those alignments in turn are overridden by any ALIGN or VALIGN attributes explicitly specified on this cell. By default lines inside of table cells can be broken up to fit within the overall cell width. Specifying the NOWRAP attribute for a <TD> prevents line breaking for that cell.
<TD ...> ... </TD> can accept the following attributes.
ALIGN
This attribute controls whether text inside the table cell(s) is aligned to the left side of the cell, the right side of the cell, or centred within the cell. Values are left, center, and right.
VALIGN
The VALIGN attribute controls whether text inside the table cell(s) is aligned to the top of the cell, the bottom of the cell, or vertically centred within the cell. It can also specify that all the cells in the row should be vertically aligned to the same baseline. Values are top, middle, bottom and baseline.
WIDTH
This attribute is used to describe the desired width of the cell, either as an absolute width in pixels, or a percentage of table width. Ordinarily complex heuristics are applied to tables and their cells to attempt to present a pleasing looking table. Setting the WIDTH attribute overrides those heuristics and instead effort is put into fitting the table into the desired width as specified.
HEIGHT=<value_or_percent>
This attribute describes the height of the cell, either as a particular pixel value, or as a percentage of the table width. As for the WIDTH attribute above, setting this attribute will override the browsers internal display mechanism and it will render the table according to the values given.
NOWRAP
If this attribute appears in any table cell (<TH> or <TD>) it means the lines within this cell cannot be broken to fit the width of the cell. Be cautious in use of this attribute as it can result in excessively wide cells.
COLSPAN
This attribute can appear in any table cell (<TH> or <TD>) and it specifies how many columns of the table this cell should span. The default COLSPAN for any cell is 1.
ROWSPAN
This attribute can appear in any table cell (<TH> or <TD>) and it specifies how many rows of the table this cell should span. The default ROWSPAN for any cell is 1. A span that extends into rows that were never specified with a <TR> will be truncated.
BGCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) has also included use of the BGCOLOR attribute in the TD element. It allows the background colour of the data cell to be specified, using either the specified colour names, or a rrggbb hex triplet.
BORDERCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) includes support for this attribute which sets the border colour of the data cell. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORLIGHT
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) allows use of the BORDERCOLORLIGHT attribute to set independently, the lighter colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORDARK. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORDARK
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) allows use of the BORDERCOLORDARK attribute to set independently, the darker colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORLIGHT. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
The BGCOLOR, BORDERCOLOR, BORDERCOLORDARK and BORDERCOLORLIGHT attributes can also be used in <TABLE>, <TH>, and <TR> elements, with the colour defined in the last element over-riding those defined before. E.g. if a <TD> element contains a BORDERCOLOR attribute setting, the setting specified will be used instead of any colour settings that may have been specified in the <TR> element, which in turn over-rides any colour settings in the <TABLE> element.
BACKGROUND
Internet Explorer supports the placing of images inside the <TD> element. (Also in the <TABLE> and <TH> elements) If used in the <TD> element, the image in question will be tiled behind the table data cell specified. The syntax is the same as that for <BODY BACKGROUND ...>

<TEXTAREA>

The TEXTAREA element lets users enter more than one line of text. For example:
<TEXTAREA NAME="address" ROWS=64 COLS=6>
My home address
Somewhere stree
Somecity 99999
</TEXTAREA>
The text up to the end element (</TEXTAREA>) is used to initialise the field's value. This end element is always required even if the field is initially blank. When submitting a form, lines in a TEXTAREA should be terminated using CR/LF.
In a typical rendering, the ROWS and COLS attributes determine the visible dimension of the field in characters. The field is rendered in a fixed-width font. Browsers should allow text to extend beyond these limits by scrolling as needed.
Recent versions of the Netscape Navigator (from version 2.0) have introduced the WRAP attribute in the TEXTAREA element: Now it is possible to specify how to handle word-wrapping in text input areas in forms.
<TEXTAREA WRAP=OFF> -- the default setting - Wrapping does not happen. Lines are sent exactly as typed.
<TEXTAREA WRAP=VIRTUAL> -- The display word-wraps, but long lines are sent as one line without new-lines.
<TEXTAREA WRAP=PHYSICAL> -- The display word-wraps, and the text is transmitted at all wrap points.
Word wrapping in a TEXTAREA text box is Netscape specific.

<TFOOT>

This element, which is Internet Explorer specific, is used to specify the footer section of the table. It does not render on the screen, but is required if RULES are set in the <TABLE>.

<TH>

This stands for Table Header. Header cells are identical to data cells in all respects, with the exception that header cells are in a bold FONT, and have a default ALIGN=center.
<TH ...> ... </TH> can contain the following attributes
ALIGN
The ALIGN attribute controls whether text inside the table cell(s) is aligned to the left side of the cell, the right side of the cell, or centred within the cell. Values are left, center, and right.
VALIGN
This attribute controls whether text inside the table cell(s) is aligned to the top of the cell, the bottom of the cell, or vertically centred within the cell. It can also specify that all the cells in the row should be vertically aligned to the same baseline. Values are top, middle, bottom and baseline.
WIDTH
This attribute is used to describe the desired width of the header cell, either as an absolute width in pixels, or a percentage of table width. Ordinarily complex heuristics are applied to tables and their cells to attempt to present a pleasing looking table. Setting the WIDTH attribute overrides those heuristics and instead effort is put into fitting the table into the desired width as specified.
HEIGHT=<value_or_percent>
This attribute describes the height of the header cell, either as a particular pixel value, or as a percentage of the table width. As for the WIDTH attribute above, setting this attribute will override the browsers internal display mechanism and it will render the table according to the values given.
NOWRAP
This attribute specifies that the lines within this cell cannot be broken to fit the width of the cell. Be cautious in use of this attribute as it can result in excessively wide cells.
COLSPAN
The COLSPAN attribute specifies how many columns of the table this cell should span. The default COLSPAN for any cell is 1.
ROWSPAN
This attribute specifies how many rows of the table this cell should span. The default ROWSPAN for any cell is 1. A span that extends into rows that were never specified with a <TR> will be truncated.
BGCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) has also included use of the BGCOLOR attribute in the TH element. It allows the background colour of the heading cell to be specified, using either the specified colour names, or a rrggbb hex triplet.
BORDERCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) includes support for this attribute which sets the border colour of the heading cell. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORLIGHT
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) allows use of the BORDERCOLORLIGHT attribute to set independently, the lighter colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORDARK. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORDARK
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) allows use of the BORDERCOLORDARK attribute to set independently, the darker colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORLIGHT. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
The BGCOLOR, BORDERCOLOR, BORDERCOLORDARK and BORDERCOLORLIGHT attributes can also be used in <TABLE>, <TD>, and <TR> elements, with the colour defined in the last element over-riding those defined before. E.g. if a <TD> element contains a BORDERCOLOR attribute setting, the setting specified will be used instead of any colour settings that may have been specified in the <TR> element, which in turn over-rides any colour settings in the <TABLE> element.
BACKGROUND
Internet Explorer supports the placing of images inside the <TH> element. (Also in the <TD> and <TABLE> elements) If used in the <TH> element, the image in question will be tiled behind the table header. The syntax is the same as that for <BODY BACKGROUND ...>

<THEAD>

This element, which is Internet Explorer specific, is used to specify the head section of the table. It is somewhat analogous to the <HEAD> element. It does not render on the screen, but is required is RULES wish to be set in the <TABLE>.

<TITLE>

Every HTML document must have a Title tag. The title should be some arbitrary string that identifies the contents of the document and may be used in history lists, or as a label for the windows displaying the document. Unlike headings, titles are not typically rendered in the text of a document itself. The Title element must occur within the head of the document and may not contain anchors, paragraph elements, or highlighting. Only one title is allowed in a document.
This is the only element that is required within the Head element. The other elements described are optional and can be used when appropriate
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Mohan Iyer's homepage</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<TR>

This specifies a Table Row. The number of rows in a table is exactly specified by how many <TR> elements are contained within it, regardless of cells that may attempt to use the ROWSPAN attribute to span into non-specified rows. The <TR> element can have the following attributes.
ALIGN
This controls whether text inside the table cell(s) is aligned to the left side of the row, the right side of the cell, or centred within the cell. Values are left, center, and right.
VALIGN
This attribute controls whether text inside the table cell(s) is aligned to the top of the row, the bottom of the cell, or vertically centred within the cell. It can also specify that all the cells in the row should be vertically aligned to the same baseline. Values are top, middle, bottom and baseline.
BGCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) has also included use of the BGCOLOR attribute in the TR element. It allows the background colour of the row to be specified, using either the specified colour names, or a rrggbb hex triplet.
BORDERCOLOR
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) includes support for this attribute which sets the border colour of the row. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORLIGHT
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) allows use of the BORDERCOLORLIGHT attribute to set independently, the lighter colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORDARK. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work.
BORDERCOLORDARK
Microsofts Internet Explorer (version 2.0 and above) allows use of the BORDERCOLORDARK attribute to set independently, the darker colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional <TABLE> border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORLIGHT. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet. It is necessary for the BORDER attribute to be present in the main <TABLE> element for border colouring to work. The BGCOLOR, BORDERCOLOR, BORDERCOLORLIGHT and BORDERCOLORDARK attributes can also be used in <TABLE>, <TH>, and <TD> elements, with the colour defined in the last element over-riding those defined before. E.g. if a <TD> element contains a BORDERCOLOR attribute setting, the setting specified will be used instead of any colour settings that may have been specified in the <TR> element, which in turn over-rides any colour settings in the <TABLE> element.

<TT>

The Teletype element specifies that the text should be rendered in fixed-width typewriter font. "Text between the <TT> TT tags</TT> should be displayed in fixed width typewriter font."
would be displayed as : "Text between the TT tags should be rendered in fixed width typewriter font. <TT> can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it. For more details of these attributes, refer to the Style Sheets topic.