HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) is the most commonly and widely used language to write webpages. It is being widely used to format web pages with the avail of different tags available in HTML language. Basically it is known as backbone of webpages.
Hypertext is a text available on a webpage that links the webpages together. It is a Markup Language which uses tags to define components within a document that tell web browser how to structure the document. The basic tags are <head>,<body>,<title> and <div> etc.
History
The roots of HTML dates back to 1980, when CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) physicist Tim Berners-Lee proposed a new hypertext method to exchange information.
The ‘hypertext’ in the field of information technology allowed users to access information relating to the electronic documents they viewed. Tim Berners-Lee submitted it to a call arranged to create a ‘hypertext’ method for internet. The first structured definition Hypertext Markup Language document was released in 1991 under the name HTML tags and can still be consulted online as a tech relic today.
Advantages
- It is basically used for creating webpages.
- It is so easy to write ,use and also human-readable.
- It also allows templates to be used, making it simple to build a webpage .
- It’s very helpful for web design beginners.
- Even for beginner programmers, it is easy to learn & code .
- It is Platform independent.
- It is not case sensitive.