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Entity is a term from the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which refers to a reference to information that can be defined once and used throughout a document.

The term "HTML Entity" is used as a synonym for a {{glossary("character reference")}} — a pattern of characters that can represent another character in the HTML. For example, &lt; is used to represent the less-than symbol (<) in HTML content.