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A fragment of computer code: an element name, a function, a filename, a command.
Baseline: Widely available · Inline text semantics
When to use it
Inline for code tokens in prose; wrap in pre for block listings.
When not to
Not for keyboard input (kbd), program output (samp), or placeholders (var) — each has its own element.
Example
Query it with document.querySelector('main').
<p>Query it with <code>document.querySelector('main')</code>.</p>