HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE (HTML)

To create web pages, developers use a computer language called the hypertext markup language (HTML). HTML uses special markup tags to define content formatting. One set of HTML tags may specify the text for a paragraph, another may provide specifics about a photo that is to appear on the page, and still others may control formatting, such as the use of bold or italic fonts.

To view a web page, a user types in its address within the browser or clicks on a link within the web page that he or she is currently viewing. The browser, in turn, sends a message across the Internet to the corresponding website, more specifically to the Web server at the site.

The remote web server, in turn, listens for such request and responds with the requested file. A web server is a special computer on the web, when you “browse” the web, you’re actually using your browser to request content from one or more web servers. Web developers normally create HTML files on their own computers, and then use special software, called an FTP program to upload the files to a Web server.