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What are all the major changes in HTML 1 to the current HTML 5?

HTML:

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) has evolved over the years, from its initial release as HTML 1.0 to its latest version, HTML 5.0. Let’s explore the key features and changes introduced in each version:

HTML 1.0 (1991):

  • It is the basic version of HTML with text, links,
    paragraph, and lists

  • In this version, we can not add images, forms, or
    styling feature

HTML 2.0 (1995):

  • Major change: Added forms, input, button, and table made website interactive(like data submission)
  • The concept of forms was introduced for user input and interaction with webpages.

HTML 3.2 (1997):

  • Enhanced support for tables, forms, and text formatting.

  • Introduction of new elements like image maps, applets, and
    basic support for style sheets.

HTML 4.01 (1999):

  • In this version, div and span are used to separate
    content and make the presentation easy

  • Expanded support for style sheets and scripting through
    CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript.

HTML 5 (2014):

  • Major change, huge updates
  • semantic tags:-header, footer, article, section,nav
  • Multimedia tag:-video,audio

*BASIC-->INTERACTIVE-->STYLED-->SEMATIC-->MULTIMEDIA--CURRENT VERSION *

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