HTML
What is HTML
HTML is an acronym which stands for?Hyper Text Markup Language?which is used for creating web pages and web applications. Let's see what is meant by Hypertext Markup Language, and Web page.
Hyper Text:?HyperText simply means "Text within Text." A text has a link within it, is a hypertext. Whenever you click on a link which brings you to a new webpage, you have clicked on a hypertext. HyperText is a way to link two or more web pages (HTML documents) with each other.
Markup language:?A markup language is a computer language that is used to apply layout and formatting conventions to a text document. Markup language makes text more interactive and dynamic. It can turn text into images, tables, links, etc.
Web Page:?A web page is a document which is commonly written in HTML and translated by a web browser. A web page can be identified by entering an URL. A Web page can be of the static or dynamic type.
Features of HTML
1) It is a very?easy and simple language. It can be easily understood and modified.
2) It is very easy to make an?effective presentation?with HTML because it has a lot of formatting tags.
3) It is a?markup language, so it provides a flexible way to design web pages along with the text.
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4) It facilitates programmers to add a?link?on the web pages (by html anchor tag), so it enhances the interest of browsing of the user.
5) It is?platform-independent?because it can be displayed on any platform like Windows, Linux, and Macintosh, etc.
6) It facilitates the programmer to add?Graphics, Videos, and Sound?to the web pages which makes it more attractive and interactive.
7) HTML is a case-insensitive language, which means we can use tags either in lower-case or upper-case.
HTML Elements
An element consists of the opening tag, a character, the content, and a closing tag. Some elements are empty – that is, they don't have a closing tag but instead have a source or link to content that you want to embed on the web page.
An example of an empty element is?<img>, which you use to embed images on a web page.
HTML elements are often used interchangeably with tags, but there's a small difference between the two. An element is a combination of the opening and closing tag, and then the content between them.