HTML | cite attribute

The HTML cite attribute is used to specify the URL of the document that explains the quotes, message or text which describes why the text was inserted.
This attribute can be used with the following elements:

Attribute Values:

URL: it contains the value i.e URL which specifies the source of the quotation.

Possible Values:

absolute URL: It points to another website.
relative URL: It points to a file within a website.

Below example illustrates the cite attribute in HTML:
Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 

<html> 
 
<head> 

    <title> 

        HTML cite Attribute 

    </title> 

    <style> 

        del { 

            color: red; 

        } 

        ins { 

            color: green; 

        } 

    </style> 

</head> 
 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 

    <h1 style="color:green;"> 

        GeeksforGeeks 

    </h1> 
 
    <h2> 

        HTML cite Attribute 

    </h2> 
 
<p> 

        GeeksforGeeks is a 

        <del id="GFG"

            cite="www.geeksforgeeks.org"> 

            mathematical

        </del> 

        <ins> computer</ins> science portal 

    </p>
 
</body> 
 
</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML cite attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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