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what does HTML stand for
Hypertext Markup Language
what is HTML
the basic programming language of the World Wide Web
what is a webpage (or HTML document)
a plain text file that has been encoded using HTML so that it appears nicely formatted in a web browser
what is hypertext
Text that you click to jump from document to document
what is markup
Tags that apply layout and formatting conventions to plain text
what is an attribute
text within the tag that contains information about how the tag should behave
what does the src attribute do in the < img > tag
specifies the source of the file to be displayed
how are attributes usually written
in pairs, in the form of name=value
what does a hyperlink do
loads the referenced page or jumps to a marked section (a “bookmark”) within the same page
what file extensions does a html file have
.htm or .html
what two sections should your HTML file have
head section
body section
what is the index.html or default.html file
a page that a server displays when users type a URL in their web browsers but omit the file name
what does the < meta > tag do
identifies keywords related to your page, redirect visitors to another page
why would you want to include keywords in your page
so you can make it easier for people to find your page when they are searching the web using a search engine
what attributes does the < meta > tag take
name
content
