What does a[href^=”…”] do in CSS?

by 
a[href^="http:"]

Selects an <a> element whose href attribute value begins with http:.

For example:

p[title^="para"] {background: green;}

Will match the following:

<p title="paragraph"> This paragraph should have a green background. </p>

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