Each of these will be discussed further in the next section. The name attribute really speaks for itself. The name is the variable by which the input type will be known. Value is a default value placed inside an input type but can be changed by the user. Checked is only used for check boxes and radio buttons.
Size is the size of a textarea by the number of characters.
Maxlength designates the maximum number of characters across a text box can have. The select tag is used when you want to give the users a choice to an answer to a certain question. It DOES have a closing tag, unlike the input tag. The name, as in the name of anything else, is the variable by which this input will be known as in all other formats of the form. Size dictates how many options will be visible at one time.