HTML Text, Tags, and Attributes

The Origins and Evolution of HTML HTML, which stands for Hypertext Markup Language, has its roots in a much older language known as SGML, or Standard Generalized Markup Language. SGML was developed as a markup language to allow authors to "mark up" or annotate their documents. This concept of using markup languages dates back to at least the 1970s, when early computer users employed such langu...