It is used to specify lists of information. All lists must contain one or more list elements. There are three different types of HTML lists :
<ul> - Unordered List or Bulleted List (ul) - All the list items are marked with bullets.<ol> - Ordered List or Numbered List (ol) - All the list items are marked with numbers.<dl> - It is also known as definition list where entries are listed like a dictionary.All the list items are marked with numbers. It is also known as numbered list. The ordered list starts with <ol> tag and the list items start with <li> tag.
Below the example of Ordered List
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example of Ordered List</title>
</head>
<body>
<ol>
<li>C</li>
<li>C++</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>Oracle</li>
<li>Php</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
All the list items are marked with bullets. It is also known as bulleted list. The Unordered list starts with <ul> tag and the list items start with <li> tag.
Below the example of Unordered List
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example of Unordered List</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>C</li>
<li>C++</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>Oracle</li>
<li>Php</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
It is supported by HTML and XHTML. It is also known as definition list where entries are listed like a dictionary. The definition list is the ideal way to present a glossary, list of terms, or other name/value list.
Definition List makes use of following three tags.
<dl> - defines the start of the list.<dt> - defines the term.<dd> - defines the term definition (description).Below the example of Definition List
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example of Definition List</title>
</head>
<body>
<dl>
<dt><b>HTTP</b></dt>
<dd>stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol</dd>
<dt><b>HTML</b></dt>
<dd>stands for Hyper Text Markup Language</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>