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HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
HTML files are basically special text files:
- Contain special control sequences or tags that control how text is to be
formatted.
- HTML files are the ``source code'' for Web Browsers
- A browser reads the HTML file and
- Tries to display it using the tags to control layout.
Tags exist to control various display items:
- Titles
- Heading Levels
- Styles of font (e.g Bold, Italic)
- Lists and list items
- Hypertext links to other URLs and files.
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