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From the article:

Do not confuse the element with the , , or elements. The element represents text of certain importance, puts some emphasis on the text and the element represents text of certain relevance. The element doesn't convey such special semantic information; use it only when no others fit.

Before this unusual rebranding, we had , another ridiculous attempt to add some kind of semantics (despite being essentially meaningless) to the element, created during the insane excesses of the XHTML STRICT era.

was, is, and always will be the bold text element. No one is going to die if there is some slight semantic meaning in your HTML.

I've always known it to be:

and for font manipulation (bold and italics)

and for giving text importance (important and emphasized)

but honestly, I don't think it matters as long as you're consistent.

I always thought the B stood for bold. But it is really bring attention to?

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