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Quoting the Tag-Wiki:

An HTML form is a section of a document containing normal content, markup, special elements called controls (checkboxes, radio buttons, menus, etc.), and labels on those controls.

Users generally "complete" a form by modifying its controls (entering text, selecting menu items, etc.), before submitting the form to an agent for processing (e.g., to a Web server, to a mail server, etc.)

I find asking myself: What context does this provide in a question? What benefit does that tag have?

Does it imply something that doesn't?

In short: Why do we have that tag?

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    \$\begingroup\$ For me this actually raises the question of whether or not form is too specific as is. What about WinForms? Or UserForms? (Sorry, MS guy. They're the only examples I can think of off the top of my head.) Do we really need specific tags for all of these things? If so, fine. But then form should probably be replaced with html-form. \$\endgroup\$
    – RubberDuck
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No, should stay.

is a general form of web-based user interface which focuses on output from the system, and display to the user.

focuses on user input, it is a specific subset of HTML that has a dedicated purpose that's distinctly different from other uses of HTML

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