The slash signals the end of a tag in HTML code. For example, if you write random text on a web page source code, your browser will display "random text" in bold font AND will hide the underlying tag. You can think of it as a command to begin bold and end bold in hypertext language. Whenever you see a slash followed by a qualifier ... More @Wikipedia
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