The **`<a>` element** in HTML is the **anchor** element. We use this to integrate URLs (hyperlinks, email addresses, files, etc.) into the webpage via the `href` attribute, which is enclosed within the opening `<a>` and closing `</a>` tags.

# Conventions
There are some conventions as to how these links appear. All links are underlined by default (this can be modified by using the CSS property `text-decoration`). Conventions for colors include:
- unvisited links are blue
- visited links are purple
- active links are red 
>If the tag has no `href` attribute specified, it can be kept as a placeholder to add a link later on. 

# Attributes supported
The `<a>` tag has many attributes in addition to global attributes, including:

#### href
 
 

#### download
 
 

#### rel 
 
 

#### target

Sets the URL to which the link will take the user

Clicking on the `href` link will download the target file specified by `download` tag

Sets the relationship between the current page and the page to which `href` links 

Specifies where the page or document should be opened (e.g., in a new tab or on the same one)


# Code 
The following tag shows how we use the `<a>` tag for hyperlinks:

<html>
 <head>
 
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 <title> 'a' Element Code Example</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 
  
  
 <a href="https://educative.io/" target="_blank">Go to Educative homepage.</a>
 </body>
</html>



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    pTag = document.querySelector("div");
    pTag.innerHTML = '';
    newVal = document.createElement("p");
    newVal.innerHTML = 'Hello World';
    pTag.appendChild(newVal);
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What is <a> element in HTML?

The  element in HTML is the anchor element. We use this to integrate URLs (hyperlinks, email addresses, files, etc.) into the webpage via the href attribute, which is enclosed within the opening  and closing  tags. Conventions There are some conventions as to how these links appear. All links are underlined by default (this can be modified by using the CSS property text-decoration). Conventions for colors include:  unvisited links are blue visited links are purple active links are red   If the tag has no href attribute specified, it can be kept as a placeholder to add a link later on.  Attributes supported The  tag has many attributes in addition to global attributes, including: 