html - What is the difference between target="_blank" and target="blank"?

Question

Since I approached the web programming, to open a link in a new window I always used

target="blank"

but most of the time, here and in the rest of the web I have ever seen use:

target="_blank"

Both forms work (of course), but I do not know the difference between the two versions and they do not know what the correct way (and why)....

Answer 1

blank targets an existing frame or window called "blank". A new window is created only if "blank" doesn't already exist.

_blank is a reserved name which targets a new, unnamed window.