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    In this technological world, we can access all the information we require on a daily basis. We can
                      download anything, ranging from text files, images, audio to videos files, from the Internet with
                      the help of web browsers. We already know that web browsers enable a computer to display
                      webpages.

                      Have you ever wondered how webpages are created? These webpages are written in a special
                      language called HTML, which stands for HyperText Markup Language. HTML is used worldwide to
                      design webpages. The content of a webpage, such as its layout, images, colours, and text styles,
                      are all decided during the process of designing a website.

                                WHAT IS HTML?

                      HTML is the primary building block for creating a webpage. HTML documents are made up of text
                      content and special codes known as tags, which tell web browsers how to display the content.

                      HYPERTEXT

                      HyperText refers to text that contains links to other texts or documents. When you click on a
                      hyperlink in a webpage, it takes you to another page or section.

                      MARKUP LANGUAGE
                      A markup language is a type of computer language that uses special codes to define the layout
                      and style of a webpage. It is human-readable, meaning the code is written in plain text and can
                      be understood by humans, unlike programming languages that use more complex syntax.

                                HISTORY OF HTML

                      HTML was invented in the early 1990s by Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN in Switzerland, the

                      European Laboratory for Particle Physics. The goal was to make it easier for scientists from different
                      universities to access and share each other’s research. Tim Berners-Lee also laid the foundation for
                      the World Wide Web. The latest version of HTML is HTML5. HTML5 was first made publicly available
                      on January 22, 2008, and later underwent major updates, achieving "W3C Recommendation"
                      status in October 2014.

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                                            A  W3C  (World Wide  Web  Consortium's)  Recommendation is  like  an official
                                            stamp of approval for a web technology, such as HTML5, meaning it's ready to
                                            be used by developers and supported by web browsers.

                                HTML EDITOR

                      Mainly two types of HTML editors are used. These editors are WYSIWYG and Text editors.

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