2. WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU TO KNOW FOR
NOW?
•WHAT IS HTML?
•WHAT IS AN HTML EDITOR?
•HTML SYNTAX
•BASIC HTML TAGS
•BASIC TEXT AND TEXT
FORMATTING
•STRUCTURE OF A SIMPLE HTML
PAGE
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4. A METAPHOR FOR HTML:
•IN THE SAME WAY THAT PEOPLE TALK/ COMMUNICATE, BE
IT TWO PEOPLE OR A GROUP; COMPUTERS NEED TO DO
THE SAME. THEY CONNECT (THROUGH A NETWORK) AND
AS A RESULT FORM OR ACHIEVE THEIR COMMUNICATION.
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8. WHAT IS HTML?
•HTML (HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE) IS THE
LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY WEB PAGES IN ORDER FOR
THEM TO BE WHAT THEY ARE AND DO WHAT THEY
DO.
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10. AN EXAMPLE IN THE REAL WORLD?
•WWW… LET’S SEE IF WE CAN’T FIND ANYTHING
ONLINE
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11. IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS:
•PG. 359
•END TAG
•HTML (HYPERTEXT MARKUP
LANGUAGE)
•HTML ELEMENT
•MARKUP LANGUAGE
•MARKUP TAGS
•START TAG
•TEXT FILE
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12. FOR A PRIZE…
•LIST 9 HTML TAGS/ ELEMENTS AND
MENTION WHAT PURPOSE THEY
SERVE.
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13. 1 MORE PRIZE…
•WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE DO WEB BROWSERS
UNDERSTAND AND “SPEAK” ?
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