Difference between id and name attributes in HTML

Question

What is the difference between the id and name attributes? They both seem to serve the same purpose of providing an identifier.

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Answer 1

The way I think about it and use it is simple:

id is used for CSS and JavaScript/jQuery (has to be unique in a page)

name is used for form handling in PHP when a form is submitted via HTML (has to be unique in a form - to some extent, see Paul's comment below)