Intro to HTML - 0001

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HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

HTML is a way of representing text and linking that text to other kinds of resources -- including sound files, graphic files, multimedia files, and so on -- that allows the concurrent display of different kinds of data and lets different resources augment and reinforce one another.

HTML is nothing more than a plain text file that includes two kinds of text:

  • The content: Text or information for display or playback on the client's screen, speakers, etc.

  • The markup: Text or information to control the display or to point to other information items in need of display or playback.

    • HTML files include both control information (TAGS) and content (TEXT), which together describe the appearance and contents of Web pages.