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HTML
The HyperText MarkUp Language
SGML was designed for electronic typesetting of technical documents and
relies upon the
fonts and "magic" of a typesetter. In much the same way,
HTML is at the mercy of your browser.
- HTML is all ASCII text. HTML uses MarkUp Tags.
- HTML is portable and platform-independent.
- HTML captures structure yet defines no particular typography.
- HTML is standard on ALL browsers.
* HTML was created to work with the HTTP
- HTTP is the HyperText Transfer Protocol; an Internet protocol.
- HTTP is transaction-based: A single request gets a single reply.
Then the connection shuts down.(HTTP is stateless.)
* HTML/HTTP is relatively simple
- Layout possibilities in HTML are limited. You can't do everything you want to.
- Limitation can be a strength. You learn to think vertically.
- HTML makes things easy and helped the Web to grow quickly.
* HTML supports the hypertext model
- Structure can show hierarchy, or be interconnected, like a web.
- Documents lose their boundaries and anything can jump to anything.
- A document's parts can be distributed around the world.
* Extensions and Replacements compete on the Web
- CGI [Common Gateway Interface] Enhancements make HTML "Come alive".
- Netscape enhancements extend HTML.
- Java applets give documents an afterlife.
- Security add-ons enable commerce.
- XML extensible markup language, extends HTML's capabilities ...
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