What the use of Canvas Element in HTML5

Answer

The canvas element is used to draw graphics images on a web page by using javascript like below
<canvas id="pcdsCanvas" width="500" height="400"></canvas> <script type="text/javascript">
var pcdsCanvas=document.getElementById("pcdsCanvas");
var pcdsText=pcdsCanvas.getContext("2d");
pcdsText.fillStyle="#82345c";
pcdsText.fillRect(0,0,150,75);
</script>