WhatisHTML?HTMLisalanguagefordescribingwebpages.HTMLstandsforHyperTextMarkupLanguageHTMLisnotaprogramminglanguage,itisamarkuplanguageAmarkuplanguageisasetofmarkuptagsHTMLusesmarkuptagstodescribewebpagesShortforHyperTextMarkupLanguage,theauthoringlanguageusedtocreatedocumentsontheWorldWideWeb.HTMLissimilartoSGML,althoughitisnotastrictsubset.HTMLdefinesthestructureandlayoutofaWebdocumentbyusingavarietyoftagsandattributes.BasicformatofHTML<html><head><title>............</title></head><body>..........................................</body></html>therearehundredsofothertagsusedtoformatandlayouttheinformationinawebpage.tagsarealsousedtohypertextlinks.Theseallowswebdevloperstodirectusetootherwebpages.withonlyaclickofmouseorword(s)MARKUPLANGUAGE:Amarkuplanguageisamodernsystemforannotatingatextinawaythatissyntacticallydistinguishablefromthattext.Theideaandterminologyevolvedfromthe"markingup"ofmanuscripts,i.e.therevisioninstructionsbyeditors,traditionallywrittenwithabluepencilonauthors'manuscripts.ExamplesaretypesettinginstructionssuchasthosefoundintroffandLaTeX,andstructuralmarkerssuchasXMLtags.Markupistypicallyomittedfromtheversionofthetextwhichisdisplayedforend-userconsumption.Somemarkuplanguages,likeHTMLhavepresentationsemantics,meaningtheirspecificationprescribeshowthestructureddataistobepresented,butothermarkuplanguages,likeXML,havenopredefinedsemantics.Awell-knownexampleofamarkuplanguageinwidespreadusetodayisHyperTextMarkupLanguage(HTML),oneofthedocumentformatsoftheWorldWideWeb.HTMLismostlyaninstanceofSGML(though,strictly,itdoesnotcomplywithalltherulesofSGML)andfollowsmanyofthemarkupconventionsusedinthepublishingindustryinthecommunicationofprintedworkbetweenauthors,editors,andprinters.