HTML

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What Is HTML?

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) has been the standard text-formatting language for Internet documents since 1989. HTML documents are text files containing content that is meant to be seen on a computer screen and markup or tags which are encoded information that directs the text format on the screen and is hidden from the user. HTML is a subset of a broader language called Standard Generalized Markup Language (SMGL.) SMGL is a text-formatting language used by publishers and multimedia industries to solve problems arising from incompatibility between text editing, formatting, and database applications.

Tags in an HTML document determine the way text will be formatted and also cue the computer to respond to the user's actions on the keyboard or mouse. They allow a user to click on a graphic to display another graphic, run a movie, or play music. A link is a tag used for navigation. For example, it may contain the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of another document. The URL can be compared to an address where a particular document resides. The document may be stored on the same computer as the parent document or on any computer connected to the World Wide Web. The user can navigate from document to document simply by clicking on these links. HTML also includes markups for forms, that let the user fill out information and electronically send, or Contact Us, the data to the document author, initiate sophisticated searches of information on the Internet, or order goods and services.

The software that permits the user to navigate the World Wide Web and view HTML-encoded documents is called a browser. It processes the HTML tags in a document and formats the content for screen display. Since HTML is an accepted standard, anyone can build a browser without concerning themselves with what form various documents will assume, unlike documents produced by typical word processors, which must be translated into a different format if another word processing application is used. Most sites on the World Wide Web adhere to HTML standards and, because HTML is easy to use, the World Wide Web has grown rapidly. HTML continues to evolve so browsers must be upgraded regularly to meet the revised standards.

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