Why padding and margin

Question

please description padding and margin in css

Answer 1

+------------------------------------
| ^
| | ( margin )
| v
| +=========== ( border )
| || ^
| || | ( padding )
| || v
| || Text ( content )
<------------> <-------->
( margin )( padding )

Margin and padding are respectively outer space and inner space... relatively to the 'border' element, wich define the 'box-model', with margin outer, and padding inner space between the border and the box content ^^

Answer 2

padding = inner and margin = outer

Answer 3

thanks for all

Answer 4

margin and padding are very impprtant for the designing of websites

Answer 5

Merci pour la compréhension