The common HTML form controls

What is your name? "text" input elements for brief textual input.

Are you Male or are you Female "radio" buttons for mutually exclusive alternatives.

Which of these do you like? "checkbox"es for multi-valued input. Note the preselected value.
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My favourite programming language is: C++ Python Visual Basic PHP "select" controls provide drop down lists for mutually exclusive selection from a predetermined list (like Java? Tough!). Note the preselected value.

OK now that that's out of the way what is your message for me? "textarea"s allow for long textual input.
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