what is html

what is html

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a mark up language used to create web pages for the display over the internet. HTML is the basis of the whole World Wide Web or WWW. HTML has a very well defined syntax; all the HTML documents have to follow the syntax.

overview of HTML Language:

♦ HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is used to create webpage. All the Web Pages communicate through this language.

♦ HTML is platform independent language - can be used on any platform such as Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and so on.

♦ Its collection of “TAGS” that are used to make web documents that are displayed using browsers on internet.

♦ To write HTML coding we need a text editor. We can use Notepad or any other text editor like dream viewer or front-page, Notepad is the most simple text editor.

♦ All the HTML documents should have the extension either the .htm or the.html.

♦ HTML can also be used to include Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to define the appearance and layout of text and other material.

♦ It can embed scripts in languages such as VB Script, JavaScript which change the behavior of HTML web pages.

♦ User can make a link to the other document or the different section of the same document by creating Hypertext Links also known as Hyperlinks.

♦ It requires a web browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox or Netscape Navigator or /Communicator to view the document.

HTML codes are written by using different HTML tags. All HTML tags are enclosed in angle brackets „<‟ and „>‟. HTML elements have attributes which are used to modify or to customize HTML elements. HTML documents should have the extension either the .htm or the.html. To view a mark-up document, user has to open the document in a browser. A browser understands and interprets the HTML tags.

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