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hypertext markup language

Source : WordNet®

hypertext markup language
     n : a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them
         in developing hypertext documents [syn: {hypertext
         mark-up language}, {HTML}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Hypertext Markup Language
     
         (HTML) A {hypertext}
        document format used on the {World-Wide Web}.  HTML is built
        on top of {SGML}.  "Tags" are embedded in the text.  A tag
        consists of a "<", a "directive" (case insensitive), zero or
        more parameters and a ">".  Matched pairs of directives, like
        "" and "" are used to delimit text which is to
        appear in a special place or style.
     
        Links to other documents are in the form
     
         foo
     
        where "A" and "/A" delimit an "anchor", "HREF" introduces a
        hypertext reference, which is most often a {Uniform Resource
        Locator} (URL) (the string in double quotes in the example
        above).  The link will be represented in the browser by the
        text "foo" (typically shown underlined and in a different
        colour).
     
        A certain place within an HTML document can be marked with a
        named anchor, e.g.:
     
         
     
        The "fragment identifier", "baz", can be used in an HREF by
        appending "#baz" to the document name.
     
        Other common tags include 

for a new paragraph, .. for bold text,