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Info Hub: ntroduction to T
Computers connected to the network (Internet) are either servers or clients and communicate with
each other through networking protocol.
The ser er stores the files and in ormation in the orm o e sites. e site is a collection o e
pages. e page is a document that contains te t graphics ideos audios and lin s to other
pages. ery e page o a e site has a uni ue address called ni orm esource ocator .
T is the most idely used language to design e pages.
HTML
HTML stands or Hypertext Markup Language. t is a mar up language that descri es the structure
o the e page. t allo s us to create e pages that contain paragraphs headings lin s and
loc uotes. The output o T e pages is same on any type o computer and on any operating
system e.g. ac indo s etc. The latest ersion o T is HTML5 which was released in 2008.
Hypertext
yperte t is a piece o te t that has special eature o lin ing to other documents or e pages.
Markup Language
ar up anguage is a language that uses special sym ols called Tags to mar up a te t document
and instructs the ro ser ho to display the te t.
Key Features of HTML
ome o the important eatures o T are
t is a plat orm independent language.
t allo s us to add a lin on the e page.
It is not case sensitive language.
It is a very easy and simple language.
t pro ides a e i le ay to design e pages along ith the te t.
Types of Html Editor
There are mainly t o types o HTML editors named WYSIWYG editor and Text editor. et us no
discuss these editors.
WYSIWYG Editor
WYSIWYG stands or What You See Is What You Get. This type o editor allo s the de eloper to
see hat the end result ill loo li e hen the document is created. amples o editors
are do e ream ea er maya and oogle e esigner.
Text Editor
e can create T documents using normal te t editors li e otepad or ordpad. The user should
ha e a proper no ledge o the T commands to de elop a e page.
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