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What is HTML and History of HTML?

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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a standard markup language used to create web pages. It provides a structure for content on the web and uses elements (e.g. headings, paragraphs, links) with tags to describe the meaning of each piece of content. Browsers interpret HTML to display web pages. It was developed in the late 1980s by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, as a way to share scientific information across the web.

HTML was first proposed in 1989 and the first version, HTML 1.0, was released in 1991. Since then, the language has evolved and been standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), with several new versions being released to add new features and capabilities. Some notable milestones in the history of HTML include:

  • HTML 2.0 in 1995, which added new tags and attributes, and helped establish the language as a standard for web development

  • HTML 3.2 in 1997, which introduced tables and improved the handling of forms

  • HTML 4.0 in 1997, which added support for style sheets and improved the structure of documents

  • XHTML 1.0 in 2000, which combined HTML with XML to create a more flexible and extensible markup language

  • HTML5 in 2014, which added new elements and APIs for multimedia, storage, and semantic content, and is the current version of HTML in widespread use.

HTML has evolved significantly over the years and continues to play a vital role in the development of the web.

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