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SH1802

Overview (HTML)
I. HTML
A. What is HTML?
• HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
• Document-layout and hyperlink-specification language used to create web pages.
• Unlike a scripting or programming language that uses scripts to perform functions, a
markup language uses tags to identify content.
• Below is an example of an HTML tag:
<P> I'm a paragraph </P>

II. Basic HTML Document Structure

A. The <HTML> Tag


• Defines the root of an HTML document.
• Although various version has been released over the years, HTML basics remain the same.
• These tags, like the bread in a sandwich, should surround everything that is written using
the HTML language:
<HTML>

</HTML>

B. The <HEAD> Tag


• Defines information about the document, including metadata and scripts.
• The head of an HTML file contains all of the non-visual elements that help make the page
work.
<HTML>
<HEAD>…</HEAD>
</HTML>

C. The <BODY> Tag


• Defines the document’s actual code body.
• Usually follows the <HEAD> tag.
• All visual-structural elements are contained within the tag pair, such as headings,
paragraphs, lists, quotes, images, and links:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Reference:
SoloLearn.com – HTML. Retrieved on May 07, 2018 at https://www.sololearn.com/Play/HTML/
w3schools.com – HTML. Retrieved on May 09, 2018 at https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

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