title: Closing a <TD /> tag
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/97522/what-are-all-the-valid-self-closing-tags-in-xhtml-as-implemented-by-the-major-br">What are all the valid self-closing tags in XHTML (as implemented by the major browsers)?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I came across a code where a developer attempted to close an empty table cell like this <code>&lt;TD /&gt;</code> istead of <code>&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Now, when is it appropriate to close <code>&lt;tag /&gt;</code> and what language does it come from originally? </p>