HTML
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, which is the most widely used language on
Web to develop web pages. HTML was created by Berners-Lee in late 1991 but "HTML 2.0"
was the first standard HTML specification which was published in 1995. HTML 4.01 was a major
version of HTML and it was published in late 1999. Though HTML 4.01 version is widely used
but currently we are having HTML-5 version which is an extension to HTML 4.01, and this
version was published in 2012.
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. With the help of
HTML only, we can create static web pages.
The major points of HTML are given below:
o HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
o HTML is used to create web pages and web applications.
o HTML is widely used language on the web.
o We can create a static website by HTML only.
o Technically, HTML is a Markup language rather than a programming
language.
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.
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.
Applications of HTML
As mentioned before, HTML is one of the most widely used language over the web. I'm going to list few
of them here:
Web pages development - HTML is used to create pages which are rendered over the web.
Almost every page of web is having html tags in it to render its details in browser.
Internet Navigation - HTML provides tags which are used to navigate from one page to another
and is heavily used in internet navigation.
Responsive UI - HTML pages now-a-days works well on all platform, mobile, tabs, desktop or
laptops owing to responsive design strategy.
Offline support HTML pages once loaded can be made available offline on the machine without
any need of internet.
Game development- HTML5 has native support for rich experience and is now useful in gaming
development arena as well.