What is HTML? How to Run HTML Codes || Basic HTML

HTML - HyperText Markup Language

◆ HTML is a computer language devised to allow website creation. These websites can then be viewed by anyone else connected to the Internet. It is relatively easy to learn.
◆ HyperText is the method by which you move around on the web by clicking on special text called hyperlinks which bring you to the next page.
◆ Markup is what HTML tags do to the text inside them. They mark it as a certain type of text (Italic & Bold).
◆ HTML is a Language, as it has code-words and syntax like any other language.
◆ The Hypertext Mark-up Language is the language used to create documents for the World Wide Web.

Html Documents
◆ An HTML document is a text document read in by a Web browser and then rendered on the screen and it has .html extension. ◆ When an HTML document is read by a suitable Web browser specifically designed to understand HTML codes, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, the formatting codes are interpreted and the text is displayed in an attractive and more dynamic way. ◆ An HTML document can be produced in free-format, i.e. it doesn't matter what the text file looks like it is the browser that does the formatting. HTML is not so much concerned about the appearance of the documents but about the structure of a document. ◆ HTML documents contain codes that mark headings, paragraphs, lists tables etc...
HTML Structure