HTML table td meaning

Question

In HTML table, what does td stand for? I mean literally, what is it an acronym for? Table division? Table data?

Solution 1

It stands for Table Data

Solution 2

table data cell

quickest answer: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#edef-TD

(edit) here is the html5 edition: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-td-element

Solution 3

TD stand for Table Data.

Solution 4

Yeah, table data. It doesn't make sense if you don't know about th, table header, since without it table cell would be a better one.

Solution 5

Stands for Table Data You use it for putting data in your table

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Comments

[Mark Fox]

It's too bad the w3's documentation is such an eye sore.

[Nathan]

I found W3C to be esoteric at first, but once one adjusts to the format is (for me, at least) the quickest and most reliable reference.

[Gombat]

You should check an answer before posting it. Stackoverflow shouldn't be a page of believing but of knowing. See: w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp - Table rows are divided into table data with the <td> tag.

[Mr Lister]

What does this answer add that the other answers (posted 5 years ago) don't already provide?