html HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Languages and is the most influential for web pages. Hypertext is the way you move though the web where clicking on hyperlinks brings you to other pages. Markup is what the tags of HTML do in the text; they mark the text as a particular text type.
It is not particularly a programming language but a computer language for website creation. It describes how test and images should be shown to a viewer. These websites can be viewed by anyone that is connected to the Internet. Although, it can seem complex, HTML is simple.
All text, designs and graphics within a web page are marked (or ‘tagged)’ with codes that tell the web browser how files will be displayed. The HTML file tends to act like glue and holds the images and text in the correct places and correct style. These files are easy to recognize in that they have the file extension of ‘htm’ or ‘html’.
To write an HTML files means to write the text you want displayed and then create tags in the right places. Tags will begin with the character < and end with the character > and tell a browser something specific to do. An example includes showing text in italics, bold, using larger font, displaying an image or creating a link. Although there are many different tags with HTML, not all of them need to be used; everything can be accomplished by using just a few of them.
HTML is easy to learn, where basics that can be learned in one sitting. Following are some of the HTML commands with each inclosed in < >:
1. a. link
2. b. bold
3. body. what is within this tag is the body of the document
4. br. break in the line
5. center. the text is to centered in the tag
6. font. the font type, color and size is specified for inside the tag
7. frame. gives the properties in each frame
8. frameset. states that this page is part of a frame(s)
9. head. text in this tag is the header of the document
10. i. the text in the tag is to be italicized
11. img. specifies what image is to be on the document
12. li. an itemized list
13. meta. state information about this page