Introduction to HTML

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.  

Hypertext is ordinary text that has been dressed up with extra features such as formatting, images, multimedia and links to other documents.  

Markup is the process of taking ordinary text and adding extra symbols, such as editor's proof reading symbols are type of markup. Each of the symbols used for markup in HTML is a command that tells the browser how to display the text. 

Advantages of HTML 

1. For creating HTML document, what you need is only text editor. No special software is required. 
2.  HTML document can be created on any hardware platform using any text editor. You can work on your website even when you are away from your usual computer.
3. HTML will not cost you anything for its use. There are no expensive licenses to buy or no upgrades to purchase.
4.  Learning HTML is simpler than learning any Programming Language.

Disadvantages of HTML 

1. Any simple calculation cannot be done in HTML and cannot be used to display date.
2.  The interactive web pages cannot be built by HTML.
3.  A hyper link is provided in HTML. But for that we need a trip to server at each step
4.  The web pages developed in HTML do not have their own interface.