HTML, basics

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 hyper text markup language(HTML) is the most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of web content. Other technologies besides HTML are generally used to describe a webpage's appearance/presentation(CSS) or functionality/behavior(JavaScript).

"Hypertext" refers to links that Connect web pages to one another, either within a single website or between websites. Links are a fundamental aspect of the Web. By uploading content to the Internet and linking it to pages created by other peoples, you become an active participant in the World Wide Web.


HTML has a lot of use cases, namely:

  • Web development. Developers uses HTML code to design how a browser displays web page elements, such as text, hyperlinks, and media files. 
  • Internet navigation. people can easily navigate and insert links between related pages and websites as HTML is heavily used to embed hyperlinks. 
  • Web documentation. HTML makes it possible to organize and format document, similarly to Microsoft Word.

HTML uses "markup" to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser. HTML markup includes special "elements" such as <head>, <title>, <body, <header> <nav>, <search>, <output> , <datalist>, <details>, <embed>, <aside>, <audio, canvas, <footer>, <article>, <section>, <p, sdiv>, <span, simg,HTML uses "markup" to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser. HTML markup includes special "elements" such as <head>, <title>, <body, <header> <nav>, <search>, <output> , <datalist>,, <embed>, <aside>, <audio, canvas, <footer>, <article>, <section>, <p, sdiv>, <span, simg, and many others.


An HTML element is set off from other text in a documents by "tag", which consist of the element name surrounded by "<" and ">". The name of an element inside a tag is case- nsensitive. That is, it can be written in uppercase, lowercase, or a mixture. For example, the <title> tag can be written as <Title>, <TITLE>, or in any other way. However, the convention and recommended practice is to write tags in lowercase.


Note: Some HTML element have no content (like the <br> element). These elements are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag.

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