Question

Spaces tabs and carriage returns referred to as what in HTML

Answer 1

A space, a tab, and a carriage return are all used in formatting. So, each of them can be called a formatting character.
A space represents the blank character between two words. This is also known as a white space. Two other types of spacing that are commonly used are line spacing (the line between two paragraphs) and paragraph spacing (the space between two paragraphs).
A tab helps in the alignment of numerical data or text with respect to the margins set for a document.
A carriage return denotes the characters at the end of a record. It also creates a line break in order to automatically line the cursor with the left margin to start a new paragraph. In computers, the Enter key provides the carriage return functionality.