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SANTHOSH KUMAR
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DAY 1 : HTML

HTML

  • HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
  • It is used to create structure and layout of web pages.
  • It defines basic structure of web pages and contains meta-data about the page.
  • It consist of a series of elements.
  • We can save html files using two ways. file extension .html or .htm

META-DATA

  • Metadata means data about data.
  • It is data that provides information about other data, offering context and meaning to raw information.

ELEMENT

  • Each element requires starting tag and ending tag with content inside it.

MARKUP LANGUAGE

  • A markup language is a system of annotating a document to describe its structure and presentation.
  • Markup languages are used to structure, format, or define relationships between different parts of text documents with the help of tags inserted in the document.
  • It uses tags or codes to define elements such as headings, paragraphs, lists, images, links, and more.
  • More readable than usual programming. Example: HTML, XML, XHTML, SGML

FILE EXTENSION

  • A file extension is a suffix at the end of a computer filename.
  • It usually three or four letters preceded by a dot.
  • That identifies the file type and indicates which application should open it. Example: .pdf, .txt, .jpg, .java, .html, .css

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