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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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