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.
Applications of HTML
Pages development
App interface development
Web pages development
Responsive UI
Game development
content
Sample HTML document
< !DOCTYPE html > declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document
The < html > element is the root element of an HTML page
The < head > element contains meta information about the HTML page>
The < title > element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab)
The < body > element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.
