HTML Introduction

Introduction to Markup Languages

Websites contain web pages. A web page contains video files, audio files, graphical interchange format files. graphic files, audio formats and text. Markup Languages are used to build the web pages. We can markup the contents using with markup language how to display on web page. We can use tags or markup indicators or various commands to markup the contents in a web page.

So, we simply markup a text document with markup language tags that tell a web-browser how to structure and display on it. So, markup language is way of writing layout information within documents.

HTML and XML are most widely known markup languages today

HTML (HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE)

Word wide web is made of HTML files, which have contain links, images, formatted documents and media.

The full form of HTML is Hyper Text Markup Language, and it is widely using markup language to build web pages.

A web page or web document can be access through internet using with web browsing software like internet explorer, mozilla firefox, and opera. URL (Uniform Resource Locator) allows to access the web page on the internet by entering it on the address field.

A website is a collection of web pages that contain text, graphics, media etc.

  • HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
  • Hyper Text means, a text contains a link, and that link contains a webpage. When you click a Hyper text, then a webpage in that link opens.
  • Markup Language denotes how HTML works. We can markup a text document using with markup tags that tell a web-browser how to construct it to display.

Brief History of HTML

  • HTML was created and developed by TIM BERNERS LEE in 1990.
  • He is also know as father of world wide web.
  • The WWW (W3C) consortium got authority to maintain HTML Specifications in 1996.
  • HTML also got international standard in 2000.
  • The first version of HTML released in 1991
  • The second version of HTML named with HTML 2.0 released in 1995
  • The third version of HTML name with HTML 3.2 released in 1997
  • The forth version of HTML named with HTML 4.0.2 released in 1999
  • The extend version of HTML named with XHTML released in 2000. XHTML stands for EXtensible Markup Language.
  • The fifth and latest version version of HTML named with HTML 5 released in 2014.

HTML TAGS

Generally, HTML Tags are keywords or commands surrounded by angel brakets. Example : <HTML> and </HTML>
Every tag contains tag name, followed by attributes and properties, those are all placed between opening and closing angular brackets (< and >).
HTML Tags are no case sensitive. There is no difference between <marque>, <MARQUE> <Marque>, <mARQUE>. They are all equivalent in effect.

TYPES OF TAGS

Tags are normally two types…

  • Paired / Container Tags
  • Unpaired / Empty Tags
  • Paired / Container Tags : Generally, HTML Tags comes in pairs like <BODY> and </BODY>. These kind of tags are called as paired / container tags. The opening tag is the starting tag <BODY> and the closing tag is the ending tag. The end tag is same as first tag but has forward slash before the tag. Opening and Closing tags are also called as First tag and second tag.

    Format of paired / Container Tag:
<B> this is html<B>
  • Unpaired / Empty Tags: Unpaired / Empty tags does not have ending tags.
    format of Unpaired / empty Tag.
some text or paragraph <BR>

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