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What Is HTML

HTML is a markup language used to define the structure and layout of web pages. It uses tags like <html> and <body> to mark elements in a web page like headings and paragraphs. A web browser interprets these tags and displays the structured content as a rendered page. JavaScript can be embedded into HTML pages to add interactivity. It is a scripting language that executes without compilation when an HTML page loads in a browser.

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What Is HTML

HTML is a markup language used to define the structure and layout of web pages. It uses tags like <html> and <body> to mark elements in a web page like headings and paragraphs. A web browser interprets these tags and displays the structured content as a rendered page. JavaScript can be embedded into HTML pages to add interactivity. It is a scripting language that executes without compilation when an HTML page loads in a browser.

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What is HTML?

HTML is a language for describing web pages.

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language


• HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language
• A markup language is a set of markup tags
• HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages

HTML Tags
HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags

• HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <html>


• HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b>
• The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
• Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags

HTML Documents = Web Pages

• HTML documents describe web pages


• HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
• HTML documents are also called web pages

The purpose of a web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) is to read HTML documents and display
them as web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content
of the page:

<html>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>

<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

Example Explained

• The text between <html> and </html> describes the web page
• The text between <body> and </body> is the visible page content
• The text between <h1> and </h1> is displayed as a heading
• The text between <p> and </p> is displayed as a paragraph

What is JavaScript?
• JavaScript was designed to add interactivity to HTML pages
• JavaScript is a scripting language
• A scripting language is a lightweight programming language
• JavaScript is usually embedded directly into HTML pages
• JavaScript is an interpreted language (means that scripts execute without preliminary compilation)
• Everyone can use JavaScript without purchasing a license

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