HTML

Introduction of HTML

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.

The term Markup refers to a general computer technology where marking up means preparing for presentation.

The Markup languages used for early internet were as:

1. GML(Generic Markup Language)
2. SGML(Standard Generic Markup Language)

Tim Berners Lee introduced HTML in early 1990's as a Markup language for web.

HTML follows the rules of HTTP hence it is known as Hyper Text Markup Language.

HTML is a collection of elements that are arranged in a hierarchy called DOM(Document Object Model).