Historical Roots of HTML ll History of HTML ll

* Historical Roots of HTML









-    As internet provides inter-connection between multiple computers, it helps in communication.

-     It means, transfer of data / files from one computer to other connected computer.

-    to share documents on internet, it is necessary that, data in file must be properly structured.

-    In 1980, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a very famous physicist suggested the concept of sharing data in the form of documents on Internet.

-  For this, Tim Berners-Lee introduced the concept of HTML based on SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)

-    HTML stands for [Hypertext Markup Language] which is used to design and develop a web page.

-   Web page is file containing data to be displayed in web browser.

-     HTML consist of different elements or tags which helps to design any web page.


- The historical development of HTML can be given as:

1.HTML 1.0 - was released in 1993 helps in sharing information which can be readable in web browsers. But it is not popularly used for web site.

2.HTML 2.0 - published in 1995; which contains all the features of HTML 1.0 along with that few additional features for designing and creating websites.

3.HTML 3.0, - released in 1997, It came with many new features of HTML,

4.HTML 4.01 – released in 1998, which is widely used and was a successful version of HTML. In 1999, this version is extended as 4.01.

5.HTML 5.0 - currently used worldwide. HTML


HTML gives many advantages such as:

Ø  HTML is Easy to Learn and Use.

Ø  HTML is very easy to learn and understand. ...

Ø  HTML is Free

Ø  HTML is Supported by all Browsers. ...

Ø  HTML is Simple to Edit.

Ø  HTML can    Integrate     Easily     with     Other Languages.

Ø  HTML is Lightweight.


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