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n. Canvas; oil painting (cloth)

vt. Covered with canvas

adj. Made of canvas

Third person singular: canvases Plural: canvases Present participle: canvasing Past tense: canvased Past participle: canvased

html canvas tag syntax

What does canvas mean?

Function:Define graphics, such as charts and other images.

Description: The tag is just a graphics container, which is done through scripts (usually JavaScript). You can use canvas to draw paths, boxes, circles, characters, and add images.

Note: The tag is a new tag in HTML 5. Internet Explorer 8 and earlier does not support the tag.

html canvas tag example

   your browser does not support the canvas tag    

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