Which element was usually used in HTML4 instead of the article tag?

Question

Which element was usually used in HTML4 instead of the article tag?

Answer 1

i found it (div tag)

Answer 2

Previously we used the tag div. In any case, this has not changed much in some places, where the new semantic tags are not yet used.

Answer 3

Yup, div. And sometimes table, which is now considered a very bad practice.

Answer 4

<div>