Example
An HTML text area:<textarea rows="4" cols="50">
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</textarea>
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The <textarea> tag is supported in all major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The <textarea> tag defines a multi-line text input control.A text area can hold an unlimited number of characters, and the text renders in a fixed-width font (usually Courier).
The size of a text area can be specified by the cols and rows attributes, or even better; through CSS' height and width properties.