定义列表 (编码为 <DL>) 通常含有交替出现的 定义术语definition term (编码为 <DT>) 和定义描述definition definition (编码为 <DD>). Web 浏览器通常另起一行显示定义描述.
下面是一个定义列表的例子:
<DL> <DT> NCSA <DD> NCSA, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, is located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. <DT> Cornell Theory Center <DD> CTC is located on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. </DL>
输出形式为:
NCSA NCSA, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, is located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Cornell Theory Center CTC is located on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. <DT> 和 <DD> 项可以包含多个段落 (用 <P> 标记指示), 列表, 或其他的定义信息.
<DL COMPACT> <DT> -i <DD>invokes NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows using the initialization file defined in the path <DT> -k <DD>invokes NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows in kiosk mode </DL>
输出形式为:
-i invokes NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows using the initialization file defined in the path. -k invokes NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows in kiosk mode. 嵌套列表Nested Lists