<cfinput> not displaying in Jquery Tabs

I have a form that has parts seperated with the use of the jquery tabs. One thing i have noticed is that if i use <cfinput> to create the inputs that they do not get displayed, the only way i can get them to display is to use regular <input> tags; does anyone know why this is?

What is a <cfinput> tag? Is it perhaps Cold Fusion? (Something I have not dealt with)