What is HyperText Markup Language (HTML)?
–HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is not a programming language. It’s more properly described as a markup language, or a page-description language. What it does is allow you to create pages of text, images and other elements, that can be viewed using a software application called a browser. Using HTML, you can create pages of text with various types of formatting, similar to that created with a word processor. More exciting, you can include hyperlinks, which can lead to just about anything, just about anywhere. Remember that an HTML file is just a set of instructions for creating a page on a computer screen. Makers of browsers can have their products interpret those instructions in whatever way they choose. There are millions of Web users out there, using the whole gamut of computer equipment to connect to the Web. Windows, Mac, Unix, desktops, laptops, TVs, you name it. There are also many different types of browser programs out there, and all display Web pages in slightly different
