HTML as a language

Tue Mar 23 12:54:27 CST 1999

At 03/23/1999 12:49 AM +0100, you wrote:
>> >  Maybe it's semantics, but tell me what HTML stands for and I'll rest my
>> >  case.
>
>> I do not know what HTML stands for
>
>HTML stands for "Hypertext Markup Language" I must humbly admit that I
>do not know what "Markup" stands for.

The glossary at the back of my HTML "bible" ("Foundations of World Wide Web
Programming with HTML & CGI" by Tittel, Gaither, Hassinger, & Erwin)
defines "markup" as "a special form of text embedded in a document that
describes elements of document structure, layout, presentation, or delivery".

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