HTML Forms are used to gather data from users and send it to a server for processing.
Two steps:
- Gather the data from the user - HTML form shell is used to show the form controls for the user to provide data and submit the form. COMP 1850 required curriculum
- Process the form data - An HTTP server will have a server-side processing script which will do something useful with the data. NOT COMP 1850 curriculum
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