The most common HTML lists are ordered and unordered lists:
An unordered list starts with the <ul> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.
An ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.
Apart from the above there is another type of list called "Definition List".Definition lists create a list with two parts to each entry: the title to be defined and its description. This creates lists similar to a dictionary or glossary. A Definition List is a list of items having description for each item.There are three tags associated with the definition list:
<dl> - This is to define the list
<dt> - This is to define the definition title
<dd> - This is to define the description of the title
Here is an Example of a Definition list :
Example: List.php