Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

== HTML or Hypertext Markup Language==

HTML is a programing language used for most web pages and is supported by most browsers.

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML file names end in .html.

History
'''In 1980 Tim Berners-Lee developed ENQUIRE. EQUIRE was a system for CERN researchers to share files. In 1980 he wrote a memo proposing an Internet based hypertext system. He specified HTML and programmed the browser and server software in 1990.'''

Elements
HTML Documents are made completly out of HTML elements, Wich generaly include tags, a "Start Tag" and an "End Tag". HTML also consists of attributes within the start tag and the end tag each tag is enclosed in angle brackets.

"The general form of an HTML element is therefore: content . Some HTML elements are defined as empty elements and take the form . Empty elements may enclose no content, for instance, the BR tag or the inline IMG tag. The name of an HTML element is the name used in the tags. Note that the end tag's name is preceded by a slash character, "/", and that in empty elements the end tag is neither required nor allowed. If attributes are not mentioned, default values are used in each case."- Wikipedia

Learn more at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML