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'''Hypertext Markup Language''' is the [[source code]] for pages in the [[World Wide Web]]; it provide (as the name suggests) [[hypertext]] functionality.
'''Hypertext Markup Language''' is the [[source code]] for pages in the [[World Wide Web]]; it provides (as the name suggests) [[hypertext]] functionality.


There have been a number of versions, as the Web's capabilities grew; the early versions were mostly focused on displaying static [[multi-media]] content, but later ones allowed for considerable computation (in response to [[user]] actions) in the [[browser]] on the [[client]] system.
There have been a number of versions, as the Web's capabilities grew; the early versions were mostly focused on displaying static [[multi-media]] content, but later ones allowed for considerable activity in the [[browser]] on the [[client]] system in response to [[user]] actions.


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Revision as of 13:03, 1 November 2018

Hypertext Markup Language is the source code for pages in the World Wide Web; it provides (as the name suggests) hypertext functionality.

There have been a number of versions, as the Web's capabilities grew; the early versions were mostly focused on displaying static multi-media content, but later ones allowed for considerable activity in the browser on the client system in response to user actions.