What is HTML

	HTML documents are plain-text (also known as ASCII) files that can be created using any text editor. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is the computer language used to design web pages. HTML has been in use by the World-Wide Web (WWW) global information initiative since 1990. Once you understand the syntax of HTML and know how to write it, it's quite simply for you to create a HTML file. All you need is a simply text editor like Notepad on Windows, then you write your html code and save it with a (.html, .htm) extension. There is even simplier ways to create HTML files, such as using a software package like Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft Frontpage. These packages automatically write the code for you and you can create a web page in a totally graphical interface with very little knowledge of HTML syntax and how to write it.
	HTML Elements TITLE- - this element provides the title of the html document ISINDEX - - allow the user to enter keywords which are then sent to the server META - META tags are used to convey meta-information about the document such as keywords and description LINK - - link is used to indicate relationships between documents BASE - - base tags are used to indicate the correct location of the document SCRIPT - - script tags specifies client-side JavaScript code STYLE - - include document level styles in your Web page Headings H1 - Level 1 header H2 - Level 2 header H3 - Level 3 header H4 - Level 4 header h3 - Level 5 header H6 - Level 6 header Physical markup TT - Teletype I - Italics B - Bold U - Underline STRIKE - Strikeout BIG - Larger text SMALL - Smaller text SUB - Subscript SUP - Superscript Special markup A - Anchor BASEFONT - Default font size IMG - Image APPLET - Java applet PARAM - Parameters for Java applet FONT - Font modification BR - Line break MAP - Client-side imagemap AREA - Hotzone in imagemap Forms INPUT - Input field, button, etc. SELECT - Selection list OPTION - Selection list option TEXTAREA - Input area Tables CAPTION - Table caption TR - Table row TH - Header cell TD - Table cell Glossary of HTML terms anchor - one of two ends of a hyperlink character - letter or a digit, known as an atom of information character repertoire - finite set of characters element - usually a start-tag and end-tag hyperlink - text or image that points to another URL markup - syntactically delimited characters added to the data of a document to represent its structure tag - a tag includes a name which refers to an element declaration URI - URIs in common practice include Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and serves as an identifier for a resource, typically on the Internet. user agent - interface for Internet for example, a www browser or a mail user agent www - World-Wide Web is a hypertext-based, distributed information system created by researchers at CERN in Switzerland learn more