2007-01-04 04:39:52 · 7 answers · asked by gotta_issue 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
There's a bit of inaccuracy in other answers. Yes, HTML is a markup language, but no, it is not code.
HTML is basically markup to indicate the structure of a document. For example,
A lot of text here.
indicates that "A lot of text here" is a paragraph. And so on. HTML is intended for web usage, so it has markup that is useful for webpages.Some words here
. There's no difference, I just added in HTML tags. Web browsers can decide how they want to deal with it. Or the person sitting at the computer can make a choice. Or if you are viewing webpages over a cellphone, the cellphone makes a choice. But HTML does nothing by itself. So to repeat: HTML is not programming code, it is not a programming language. It's just markup to indicate the structure of a document.2007-01-04 04:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by csanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the simplest part of what makes web pages on the World Wide Web. It is a markup language, which means it has a mix of normal language that people can read, and special language that tells computer programs what to do.
A web browser is the program that reads the special language in HTML. This language tells the web browser how the web page should look. The web page can include writing, links, pictures, and even sound and video. It can also have writing that is not shown in the web page, which tells people about the web page—for example, the name of the person who made it.
2007-01-04 04:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by troubled1367 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is the group of key words that are used as a standard for controlling the way elements such as graphics and text are formatted by a browser. The syntax and placement of these key words, often called "tags", allow the browser to perform formatting of these elements and even certain types of I/O by forms. Elements can also be used to link documents together by a hyperlink, usually called just a link. In the more recent versions of HTML, another set of key words can be used in conjunction with HTML, called CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to make the language even more versatile. Check the URL below for short tutorials.
2007-01-04 05:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HTML = HyperText Markup Language
It's programming code that tells your web browser how to organize and display the content of the website.
2007-01-04 04:41:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
See this article on wikipedia.
Its a text file that tells your browser how to layout a web-page and what text, pictures and hyperlinks it should have on it. Also info on what its about, for use by search engines.
If you want to see some at any time, click on View, Source in Internet Explorer to see the HTML text source-code for the web-page you're viewing.
2007-01-04 04:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by ricochet 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its also like an programming language
the different editors like internet explorer,netspace,etc understands this language and display the contents as an web page as programmed in the script(HTML script)
2007-01-04 04:44:44 · answer #6 · answered by Aashish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hyper text markup language
2007-01-05 02:08:43 · answer #7 · answered by akshayrangasai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋