Introduction -HTML Stuff

is a markup language (like LaTeX) used to write Web Pages.
It is simple but powerful.
<tag> string <end tag> => String

  • different formats and styles of text
  • different formats of images
  • animated images
  • clickable text and images
  • paragraphs
  • lists
  • forms
  • tables
  • applets
  • plug-ins
  • "downloadable" files
  • layout control
  • colour control
  • size control

Examples
Rendered
<IMG WIDTH=20 HEIGHT=18 SRC="STAR.GIF">
<IMG WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=36 SRC="STAR.GIF">
Note that <FONT color="#0000FF">X=Y<SUP>2</SUP></FONT>Note that X=Y2
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