What is HTML?

• HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

• HTML is the set of "markup" symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser.

• The markup tells the Web browser how to display a Web page's text, images,

sound and video files for the user.

History of HTML

HTML is a product of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) which is a complex, technical specification describing markup languages, especially those used in electronic document exchange, document management, and document publishing.

Origin of HTML

HTML is based on SGML (Standardized General Markup Language)

Since then, HTML has evolved into a presentation language.