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Is HTML a programming Language

hello everyone! I have a question! I have been wondering about this for a long long time. Is HTML a programming language or not!

Robin van Loon
Robin van Loon
10,301 Points

No, it's a markup language.

Nothing is compiled like in a programming language everything is interpreted by your browser.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points

Compilation isn't a criterion for programming languages. JavaScript is also interpreted by your browser, but it's definitely a programming language.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points

HTML is a computer language used to structure web content. It's not actually a programming language, which would be a term for languages used to control computer functionality.