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What IS HTML ?

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From today we will discuss all the topics of our web programming.

Today's topic is: What is HTML?

The full name of HTML is (Hyper Text Markup Language).It is a good language for creating web pages.

The concept of HTML was first developed by Tim Berners-Lee. He proposed the basic idea of ​​HTML in 1989 while working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). He wanted to create a simple markup language that would help share information. HTML 1.0 was released in 1993. It was a very simple language with some basic tags. HTML 2.0 was released in 1995. This version added several new tags and features that made it easier. HTML 3.2 was released in 1997 and brought some new features such as tables, applets, and styling tags. At this time the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) began to regulate the development of HTML. HTML 4.0 was released in the same year and added many new features such as style sheets, scripts and more. Accessibility and internationalization are also improved in HTML 4.0. HTML 4.01 was released in 1999 and is an updated version of HTML 4.0 that brings some bug fixes and minor improvements. In 2000, XHTML 1.0 was released, based on HTML 4.01 and compatible with XML. XHTML follows stricter syntax rules. HTML5 was released as a stable version in 2014 after a long development and discussion. It brings many new features such as new tags, audio and video embedding, canvas element, and more.

HTML5 makes web application development more powerful. Through HTML, various parts of the web page such as Heading, paragraph, List, table, img, and other elements can be defined. Each element is composed using separate tags, which define the structure of the page. Most popular web browsers (such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge) support HTML. It is a standard markup language that works in all browsers and appears the same.
HTML is still in development and is established as an essential language for web development. This was today's short topic on HTML history. Tomorrow I will talk about how to use HTML.

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