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HTML

HTML

79 3.5
A set of simple tags used to make and organise web pages
  • noun
  • /ˌeɪtʃtiːˈɛmˌɛl/
  • Texting
translation icon : HTML
  • Learning HTML is essential for anyone interested in web development and design.
  • HTML hypertext markup
  • HTML hypertext
  • HTML language

The first banner I created, like a little HTML code banner, it said.

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Examples

  • When I built my first website, I had to learn HTML, JavaScript, CSS.

  • An informative web page requires little more than the simplest HTML coding.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I said I took an HTML course at summer camp.

  • There are a lot of resources that break it down to the HTML code.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In this example, I have an HTML tag, a head tag, and a title tag.

  • Any web browser supporting HTML 4 and JavaScript can be used for application access.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Again, neither students nor instructors need to know any HTML coding to do this.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The HTML page was generated in Adobe Dreamweaver with only minimal customization: an added background image.

    Academic text (2015)
  • To create a web page, you need to write the content using HTML tags to structure the layout.

  • Most modern websites use HTML as the foundational markup language to display text and images.

Synonyms

hypertext markup language
vsHTML
  • Texting
4.1

A set of simple rules that tell a browser how to show web pages

is the shorter abbreviated form commonly used instead of the full phrase

A way to write text that tells a web page how to look and where links go

is the modern short abbreviation used more often in software and tool names

How Structured

HTML
  • Texting
79 3.5
markdown
  • Texting
1 3.8
plaintext
  • Specialized
3.9

Surface Forms

HTML singular
HTMLs plural

Morphology

HTML = hypertext + markup + language (semi-transparent) = H + T + M + L

The letters abbreviate the phrase 'hypertext markup language', so knowing that expansion makes the meaning clear. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

HTML is short for HyperText Markup Language. The part hyper- means 'over' or 'beyond', text means 'words', and markup is like putting 'marks' or small 'labels' on words to show how they should appear, so HTML is the 'language' of simple codes called 'tags' that tell a web browser how to structure a web page.