Common HTML entities and what they render as. For why HTML entities exist, see HTML Entities Explained.
| Entity | Renders As | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| & | & | Ampersand |
| < | < | Less than |
| > | > | Greater than |
| " | “ | Double quote |
| ' | ‘ | Apostrophe |
| | (non-breaking space) | Space that prevents a line break |
| © | © | Copyright symbol |
| ® | ® | Registered trademark |
| … | … | Ellipsis |
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A bare ampersand can be misread as the start of another entity, which can break the page’s markup. Encoding it avoids that ambiguity.
A non-breaking space prevents a line break at that point, keeping two words together, useful for cases like “10 MB” not wrapping onto two lines.
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