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'''HTML''' stands for Hypertext Markup Language. This is how web pages get structure, appearance and interactivity beyond being a string of plain words. [http://www.visibone.com/html/foldouts.html]
'''HTML''' stands for Hypertext Markup Language. This is how web pages get structure, appearance and interactivity beyond being a string of plain words. [http://www.visibone.com/html/foldouts.html]
==Versions of HTML and XHTML==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! <big>'''Version'''</big>
! <big>'''Date'''</big>
! <big>'''Description'''</big>
|-
| HTML 1.0
| <center>1989</center>
| The first public version of HTML which included browser support for inline images and text controls.
|-
| HTML 2.0
| <center>1995</center>
| The first version supported by all graphical [[Web browser|browsers]]. It introduced interactive form elements such as option buttons and text boxes. A document written to the HTML 2.0 specification is compatible with almost all browsers on the [[World Wide Web]].
|-
| HTML 3.0
| <center>1996</center>
| A prosed replacement for HTML 2.0 that was never widely adopted.
|-
| HTML 3.2
| <center>1997</center>
| This version included additional support for creating and formatting tables and expended the options for interactive form elements. It also supported limited programming using scripts.
|-
| HTML 4.01
| <center>1999</center>
| This version added support for style sheets (such as Cascading Style Sheets or [[CSS]]) to give web designers greater control over page layout. It added new features to tables and forms and provided support for international features. This version also expanded HTML's scripting capability and added increased support for [[multimedia]] elements.
|-
| XHTML 1.0
| <center>2001</center>
| This version is a reformulation of HTML 4.01 in XML and combines the strength of HTML 4.0 with the power of XML (Extensible Markup Language). XHTML brings the rigor of XML to web pages and provides standards for more robust web content on a wide range of browser platforms.
|-
| XHTML 1.1
| <center>2002</center>
| This version is a minor update to XHTML 1.0 that allows for modularity and simplifies writing extensions for the language.
|-
| XHTML 2.0
| <center>2004 onwards</center>
| The latest version, which was designed to remove most of the presentational features left in HTML.
|-
|}
<ref>Table adopted from ''New Perspectives: HTML and XHTML'', Carey P. - Course Technology, United States. pg. 7</ref>
==Special codes==
==Special codes==
*[[CSS]] - Cascading Style Sheets
*[[CSS]] - Cascading Style Sheets
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.w3.org/html/ W3C HTML]
*[http://www.w3.org/html/ W3C HTML]
*[http://www.w3schools.com/html W3 Schools HTML]
*[http://www.w3schools.com/html W3 Schools HTML]
[[category:information technology]]
[[category:information technology]]