HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML was developed specifically for use on the World Wide Web. HTML is the basic language used in the process of web designing. Hypertext has the ability to be connected to other texts, and it can be navigated by a system of links, which can be non-sequential in order.
Vannevar Bush is credited with describing the first hypermedia system named memex. The features which led to the popularity of HTML were its simplicity, the ability to link and portability. It is possible to create HTML files on any computer platform. These files can be viewed on any computer that has web-browsing software. If you have web browser
software and a connection to the Internet, you can view any HTML files available on the World Wide Web
HTML is not a programming language. It is a marking up language used for linking one piece of information to another. The aim of HTML is to indicate the structure of your document and give a layout to it. Therefore it is important to organize information meaningfully with a clear and precise content.
Some Facts and Features about HTML
Using a Markup Language means that you can add tags to the words in your document and web enable them. A tag is a set of descriptive formatting codes used in HTML documents that instruct a Web browser how to display text and graphics on a Web page.
Most web browsers also offer some browser specific features, which the user can view only if he/she uses that specific browser. The web develops must been in mind the issue of compatibility of the web browsed and the browsed specific features, while designing a web page. The developer faces the main problem due to all these version and browser compatibility issues. As a web developer you have to standardize your page across different browsers. Although it requires quite a lot of effort to make your document compatible with different browsers and at the same time not compromise on the web design and layout, it is definitely not an impossible task.
