Difference between embedded style sheet and linked style sheet?

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Wiki User · Answer

Actually, there is no difference between an embedded style sheet and a linked style sheet. They are exactly the same thing, just different wording to describe the same process. To embed a style sheet into a document, you use the <link /> tag within the <head> tag of an HTML document. An example is:

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An embedded style sheet is CSS code included within the HTML document using the  tag, affecting only that specific document. A linked style sheet is a separate CSS file linked to the HTML document using the  tag, allowing the same stylesheet to be used across multiple HTML documents.