How is the “greater than” or “>” character used in CSS?

Question

I have seen this character a number of times in CSS files but I have no idea how its used. Can anyone explain it to me and show how they are useful in making a page style ea

Answer 1

E > F

Matches any F element that is a child of an element E.

more on http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#child-selectors