Here are the answers to your questions: 1. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It is the standard markup language used to create web pages and web applications. HTML uses tags to define the structure and layout of a web page. 2. The major versions of HTML are: - HTML 1.0: The first version of HTML was released in 1993 but had no formal specification. - HTML 2.0: The first standard HTML specification was published in 1995. - HTML 3.2: Released in 1997, it focused on adding presentational semantics. - HTML 4.01: A major version published in late 1999. It is still widely used today. - HTML

1. Internet Programming
Programme ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್
ರ ಮ BCA
Subject ವಿಷರ್ Computer Science
Semester ಚಾತುರ್ಮಯಸ 3
University ವಿಶ್
ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನಿಲರ್ Tumkur University
Session ಸೆಷನ್ 9

2. Chapter 2
Husna Sultana, Asst Prof
GFGC, Tumkur

3. History of HTML
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, which is
the most widely used language on Web to develop web
pages.
HTML was created by Berners-Lee in late 1991 but
"HTML 2.0" was the first standard HTML specification
which was published in 1995.
HTML 4.01 was a major version of HTML and it was
published in late 1999.
Though HTML 4.01 version is widely used but currently
we are having HTML-5 version which is an extension to
HTML 4.01, and this version was published in 2012

4. HTML Versions

5. What is HTML?
• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTML is a markup language
• A markup language is a set of markup tags
• The tags describe document content
• HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain
text
• HTML documents are also called web pagesrial

6. • Hypertext refers to the way in which Web
pages (HTML documents) are linked together.
Thus the link available on a webpage are called
Hypertext.
• As its name suggests, HTML is a Markup
Language which means you use HTML to
simply "mark up" a text document with tags that
tell a Web browser how to structure it to display.
HTML cont.….

7. HTML cont.….
• Originally, HTML was developed with the intent
of defining the structure of documents like
headings, paragraphs, lists, and so forth to
facilitate the sharing of scientific information
between researchers.
• Now, HTML is being widely used to format web
pages with the help of different tags available in
HTML language.

8. HTML Page Structure

9. Questions:
1. Expand HTML.
2. Explain HTML Versions.