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HTML is the acronym for the Hypertext Markup Language, which is one of the most widely used computer languages in the world. The popularity and importance of HTML is due to the fact that it is the coding technology used to publish content on the World Wide Web (also referred to as the Internet).
Fortunately, HTML is both a user friendly language and very easy to learn. Here are some helpful hints to get you started.
The Guru has also created a Color Chart that displays all of the named HTML colors. In addition the hexidecimal code is provided for 256 colors.
On December 24, 1999, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released a set of standards for the latest version of HTML, version 4.01. Note that 4.01 is considered to be a Subversion of 4.0 and was published to correct some errors and to make minor revisions. This Quick Reference adheres to these W3C 4.01 standards. No proprietary style tags are documented, but for your reference, we provide a Brief list and description for other HTML tags that are not part of the HTML 4.01 standard.
Over 30 years ago, in the late 1960s, the Department of Defense funded the creation of a computer network called ARPAnet. The goal was to encourage the free exchange of engineering and scientific information Between defense contractors and academic institutions. The concept proved viable and the network slowly expanded during the 1970s and 1980s.
It took the Advent of two additional technologies to bring the budding Internet to full flower.