HTML
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the language used to create web documents. It defines the syntax and placement of special instructions (tags) that aren’t displayed, but tell the browser how to display the document’s contents. It is also used to create links to other documents, either locally or over a network such as the Internet.
The HTML standard and all other Web-related standards are developed under the authority of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Standards, specifications, and drafts of new proposals can be found at http://www.w3.org/. The most recent work is the HTML 4.0 Specification, which is growing in support by major browsers.
In practice, the HTML “standard” is influenced heavily by the tags that are introduced and supported by the popular browsers, i.e., Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. These tags may or may not be part of the current HTML specification at any given time.
Sample HTML Document:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Document Title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Contents of Document
</BODY>
</HTML>
An HTML document contains text (the contents of the page) with embedded tags, which provide instructions for the structure, appearance, and function of the contents.
An HTML document is divided into two major portions: the head and the body. The head contains information about the document, such as its title and “meta” information describing the contents. The body contains the actual contents of the document (the part that is displayed in the browser window).
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