HTML Form - Checkbox Control

Checkboxes are on/off switches that may be toggled by the user. A switch is "on" when the control element's checked attribute is set. When a form is submitted, only "on" checkbox controls can become successful. The INPUT element is used to create a checkbox control.

Attributes:

• NAME="text"
  
  Tells the browser which check box group the check box belongs to. Also serves to assign a label to the check box group, thus identifying what the user was responding to when they selected a check box.
• VALUE="text"
  
  The text that accompanies the check box if it is selected by the user. This text can be used by a program (cgi-script, JavaScript, etc.) written to process the form
• CHECKED
  
  Pre-select the check box

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