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HTML <embed> tag
HTML <embed> tag is used to embed an external document in an HTML file which can be a third party application, multimedia, plugin(interactive content), etc. This element is new in HTML5.
Note: The <embed> element can be used to contain third party applications as well multimedia documents but in HTML5 the newly added <audio> and <video> elements are especially used to embed multimedia in HTML document.
Syntax
Following are some specifications about the HTML <embed> tag
| Display | block |
| Start tag/End tag | Both Start and End tag |
| Usage | Embed third-party applications |
Example 1
Output:
Attribute
Tag-specific attribute
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| height | pixels | It specifies the height of the embedded content |
| src | URL | It defines the resource location of the embedded document. |
| type | media-type | It specifies the MIME type. |
| width | pixels | It determines the width of the embedded content. |
Global attribute
The <embed> tag supports the global attributes in HTML
Event attribute
The <embed> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.
Supporting Browsers
| Element |  Chrome |  IE |  Firefox |  Opera |  Safari |
| <embed> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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