What is HTML?
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It's a language,
like English
or French
or Italian
except
you don't necessarily speak it
you write it
or read it.
It's a language,
it's the language of the World Wide Web
like other languages there are ways to use it that are right
and ways that are considered incorrect
the way it is written is called "syntax."
In order to read this language
you need a program which translates the language into your language
the interpreter of this language is called a "browser."
A browser is what you use
to read HTML.
The words and images you see with a browser
are thought of as if they are on "pages"
like in a book
you move from page to page like reading a book
except you don't physically turn any pages
instead
you click your mouse on special words
which have the ability to change what your looking at.
they have the ability to change the page you are looking at.
These special words are called "links"
sometimes they are called "hypertext."
Links are what gives you mobility on the World Wide Web.
You "navigate" through pages of information and pictures
by clicking on these links.
