HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

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HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

HTML is a language for publishing hypertext on the Web. HTML uses tags to structure text into headings, paragraphs, lists, hypertext links, and so forth. Table | -1 lists some of the basic HTML tags.
Table 2-1

Tag Description
<html> Tells the browser that the following text is marked up in HTML. The closing tag </html> is required and is the last tag in your document.
<head> Defines information for the browser that might or might not be displayed to the user. Tags that belong in the <head> section are <title>, <meta>, <script>, and <style>. The closing tag </head> is required.
<title> Displays the title of your Web page, and is usually displayed by the browser at the top of the browser pane. The closing tag </title> is required.
<body> Defines the primary portion of the Web page. Attributes of the <body> tag enables setting of the background color, the text color, the link color, and the active and visited link colors. The closing tag </body> is required.

Some basic HTML tags

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Tag	Description
<html>	Tells the browser that the following text is marked up in HTML. The closing tag </html> is required and is the last tag in your document.
<head>	Defines information for the browser that might or might not be displayed to the user. Tags that belong in the <head> section are <title>, <meta>, <script>, and <style>. The closing tag </head> is required.
<title>	Displays the title of your Web page, and is usually displayed by the browser at the top of the browser pane. The closing tag </title> is required.
<body>	Defines the primary portion of the Web page. Attributes of the <body> tag enables setting of the background color, the text color, the link color, and the active and visited link colors. The closing tag </body> is required.