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HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is the standardized markup language that web browsers use to interpret and compile text, images, and other material into audible and or visual web pages. Web browsers do not display HTML elements, but use the elements as a means to decipher, process, organize, and display information. Common HTML elements include tags and links. Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML in the 1980s, and created the first HTML website in 1991. Berners-Lee decided that HTML should be free and standard, leading to the creation of the World Wide Web, which became available to users in 1991. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web </ref> | HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is the standardized markup language that web browsers use to interpret and compile text, images, and other material into audible and or visual web pages. Web browsers do not display HTML elements, but use the elements as a means to decipher, process, organize, and display information. Common HTML elements include tags and links. Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML in the 1980s, and created the first HTML website in 1991. Berners-Lee decided that HTML should be free and standard, leading to the creation of the World Wide Web, which became available to users in 1991. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web </ref> | ||
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HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is the standardized markup language that web browsers use to interpret and compile text, images, and other material into audible and or visual web pages. Web browsers do not display HTML elements, but use the elements as a means to decipher, process, organize, and display information. Common HTML elements include tags and links. Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML in the 1980s, and created the first HTML website in 1991. Berners-Lee decided that HTML should be free and standard, leading to the creation of the World Wide Web, which became available to users in 1991. [1] [[Image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Tim_Berners-Lee.jpg|frame|right|border|Remediation:Understanding New Media text by Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin [2]
