What is HTML?
HTML, which stands for 'HyperText Markup Language', is the standard language that is used to create the pages on a website, which are viewed within a web browser.
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The HTML elements within the page of a website, are the building blocks which are constructed to show semantic items such as headings, paragraph text, lists, links and quotes. It is also used to render images, videos and interactive items such as forms.
The HTML within a website is setup to also embed and work alongside other programming languages and technologies such as JavaScript, which is used to create dynamic elements and behaviours within a website or website's page. The inclusion of other languages such as CSS, are also used to define the design, structure and layout of content.
HTML Versions
HTML has gone through various stages of development since it was first developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1980. The last major changes and improvements made to language was with the introduction of 'HTML 5', which was published by the World Wide Web Consortium, known as W3C, as the official recommendations on October 28, 2014.
However, since then, W3C and the 'Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group', or WHATWG, now collaborate to provide ongoing changes and improvements to the standards of the HTML. Known as the 'HTML Living Standard', instead of waiting many years for a major release, for new features, elements and browser APIs, any changes to the HTML standard are now added and updated incrementally.
Note: HTML was first developed and proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1980, for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, also called European Laboratory for Particle Physics, known as CERN, so that researchers could share documents digitally.
In Summary
HTML, which stands for 'HyperText Markup Language', is the standard markup language used to create and structure content on websites.
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