HTML

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a formatting language used to define the appearance and contents of a web page. It allows us to organize text, graphics, audio, and video on a web page.
Key Points:

The word Hypertext refers to the text which acts as a link.
The word Hypertext refers to the text which acts as a link.
The word markup refers to the symbols that are used to define structure of the text. The markup symbols tells the browser how to display the text and are often called tags.
The word markup refers to the symbols that are used to define structure of the text. The markup symbols tells the browser how to display the text and are often called tags.
The word Language refers to the syntax that is similar to any other language.
The word Language refers to the syntax that is similar to any other language.
The following table shows the various versions of HTML:
Tag is a command that tells the web browser how to display the text, audio, graphics or video on a web page.
Key Points:

Tags are indicated with pair of angle brackets.
Tags are indicated with pair of angle brackets.
They start with a less than (<) character and end with a greater than (>) character.
They start with a less than (<) character and end with a greater than (>) character.
The tag name is specified between the angle brackets.
The tag name is specified between the angle brackets.
Most of the tags usually occur in pair: the start tag and the closing tag.
Most of the tags usually occur in pair: the start tag and the closing tag.
The start tag is simply the tag name is enclosed in angle bracket whereas the closing tag is specified including a forward slash (/).
The start tag is simply the tag name is enclosed in angle bracket whereas the closing tag is specified including a forward slash (/).
Some tags are the empty i.e. they don’t have the closing tag.
Some tags are the empty i.e. they don’t have the closing tag.
Tags are not case sensitive.
Tags are not case sensitive.
The starting and closing tag name must be the same.  For example <b> hello </i> is invalid as both are different.
The starting and closing tag name must be the same.  For example <b> hello </i> is invalid as both are different.
If you don’t specify the angle brackets (<>) for a tag, the browser will treat the tag name as a simple text.
If you don’t specify the angle brackets (<>) for a tag, the browser will treat the tag name as a simple text.
The tag can also have attributes to provide additional information about the tag to the browser.
The tag can also have attributes to provide additional information about the tag to the browser.
The following table shows the Basic HTML tags that define the basic web page:
The following code shows how to use basic tags.
<html>
   <head> Heading goes here...</head>
   <title> Title goes here...</title>
   <body> Body goes here...</body>
</html>
The following table shows the HTML tags used for formatting the text:
Following table describe the commonaly used table tags:
Following table describe the commonaly used list tags:
Frames help us to divide the browser’s window into multiple rectangular regions. Each region contains separate html web page and each of them work independently.
The following table describes the various tags used for creating frames:
Forms are used to input the values. These values are sent to the server for processing. Forms uses input elements such as text fields, check boxes, radio buttons, lists, submit buttons etc. to enter the data into it.
The following table describes the commonly used tags while creating a form:

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