HTML stands for (Hyper Text Markup Language) which is used for creating web pages and web applications.
History of HTML
In the late 1980s, a physicist, Tim Berners-Lee who was a contractor at CERN, proposed a system for CERN researchers. In 1989, he wrote a memo proposing an internet-based hypertext system.
Tim Berners-Lee is known as the father of HTML. The first available description of HTML was a document called "HTML Tags" proposed by Tim in late 1991. The latest version of HTML is HTML5, which we will learn later in this tutorial.
Latest Version of HTML
HTML5: HTML5 is the newest version of HyperText Markup language. The first draft of this version was announced in January 2008. There are two major organizations one is W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), and another one is WHATWG( Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group) which is involved in the development of the HTML 5 version, and still, is under development.
This is what HTML code looks like:
<!DOCTYPE>
<html>
<head>
<title>Web page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Write Your First Heading</h1>
<p>Write Your First Paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Hyper Text: HyperText simply means "Text within Text." A text that has a link within it, is a hypertext. Whenever you click on a link that brings you to a new webpage, you have clicked on a hypertext. HyperText is a way to link two or more web pages (HTML documents) with each other.
Markup language: A markup language is a computer language that is used to apply layout and formatting conventions to a text document. Markup language makes the text more interactive and dynamic. It can turn text into images, tables, links, etc.
Web Page: A web page is a document that is commonly written in HTML and translated by a web browser. A web page can be identified by entering an URL. A Web page can be of a static or dynamic type. With the help of HTML only, we can create static web pages.
Features of HTML
It is a very easy and simple language. It can be easily understood and modified.
It is a markup language, so it provides a flexible way to design web pages along with the text.
It is a markup language, so it provides a flexible way to design web pages along with the text.
It facilitates the programmer to add Graphics, Videos, and Sound to the web pages which makes them more attractive and interactive.
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