What is HTML Language?

• HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. 

 

• HTML was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991. 

• The first ever version of HTML was HTML 1.0 but the first standard version was HTML 2.0 which was published in 1999. 

 

• It allows the user to create and structure sections, paragraphs, headings, links, and blockquotes for web pages and applications.

 

• HTML is a computer language devised to allow website creation.

 

• These websites can then be viewed by anyone else connected to the Internet. 

 

• It is relatively easy to learn, with the basics being accessible to most people in one sitting; and quite powerful in what it allows you to create.  

 

• HTML is the combination of Hypertext and Markup language.

 

•  Hypertext defines the link between the web pages. Markup language is used to define the text document within tag which defines the structure of web pages. 

 

• This language is used to annotate (make notes for the computer) text so that a machine can understand it and manipulate text accordingly. 

 

• Most of markup (e.g. HTML) languages are human readable. Language uses tags to define what manipulation has to be done on the text.

 

• HTML is a markup language which is used by the browser to manipulate text, images and other content to display it in required format. 

How Does HTML Work?

• HTML documents are files that end with a .html or .htm extension. You can view then using any web browser (such as Google Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox). The browser reads the HTML file and renders its content so that internet users can view it.

 

• Usually, the average website includes several different HTML pages. For instance: home pages, about pages, contact pages would all have separate HTML documents.

 

• Each HTML page consists of a set of tags (also called elements), which you can refer to as the building blocks of web pages. They create a hierarchy that structures the content into sections, paragraphs, headings, and other content blocks.

 

• Most HTML elements have an opening and a closing that use the <tag></tag> syntax.