What does HTML stand for?

steve gave you the answer thats what it means, good for you steve

What about XML then? It's probably something else - Markup - Language. But what does the X stand for?

XML is Extensible Markup Language

i always thought stupid me that HTML was short for Hotmail..sorry..

yap, a special language/ protoco to organize text, images and multimedia.

in that case it should be HML.

That is interesting as I didnt know what it stood for either but I had heard it used so much!!!

well it was so simple and my friends already answered them.GOOd,keep up the work.

A friend of mine here said that he/she believed HTML was hsort form for Hotmail. Here is an interesting fact that while hotmail was to be named, the company came up with lots of names and finalized Hotmail because it consisted HTML

HoTMaiL

yeah...actually sabeer bhatia added vowels to HTML to come up with the name hOtmAIl....this is a true story!!!!

I had no idea what it meant.

it is correct. we also make fun of such words like saying it is "human torture making lepord" etc

Do i need to revert on this

Now that u know what HTML stands for, Winkyb, are u going to learn it?
HTML is one of the easiest programming languages, though usually simply referred to as mere coding.
Quite nostalgic to the early 1990's when u could struggle in Notepad doing HTML for webpages, called homepages then. U rarely found pictures on sites until HTML was improved along the way. And then came the WYSIWYG applications for designing webpages!
Oh, HTML...

well i didnt know about the Hotmail story related with HTML, anyways as others said HTML is easy to learn language which provide you with a lot of simple, easy to learn texture and syntax is relatively easy to grasp...Good luck if you are planning or have planned to learn, its fun!

I never knew that - thanks!!!

Dirty Steve you were right as so many have responded Good for you Good Luck

HTML stands fo Hyper text markup language... html is a language which is used to code internet pages...

congrats you radically defined what html means.

yeah HTML mean Hypertext Markup Language

wow, do I feel dumb. I was way off on what I thought it meant. Thank you for clearing this up.

me myself just get to know about it. thanx to steve.

Why there is so much madness with this silly question

I am with you on this one Andy, It is Hypertext Markup Language.

no it's wrong

it may be right. but who cares!

Yes All, It is actually HyperText Markup Language which is used to create web pages can be used over Inter/Intranet.

yup HTML stands for Hypertext-Markup-Language...used to create web pages..

A worldwide system of interconnected computer networks. The origins of the Internet can be traced to the creation of ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) as a network of computers under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense in 1969. Today, the Internet connects millions of computers around the world in a nonhierarchical manner unprecedented in the history of communications. The Internet is a product of the convergence of media, computers, and telecommunications. It is not merely a technological development but the product of social and political processes, involving both the academic world and the government (the Department of Defense). From its origins in a nonindustrial, noncorporate environment and in a purely scientific culture, it has quickly diffused into the world of commerce.

The Internet is a combination of several media technologies and an electronic version of newspapers, magazines, books, catalogs, bulletin boards, and much more. This versatility gives the Internet its power.
The Internet 'Ls technological success depends on its principal communication tools, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP). They are referred to frequently as TCP/IP. A protocol is an agreed-upon set of conventions that defines the rules of communication. TCP breaks down and reassembles packets, whereas IP is responsible for ensuring that the packets are sent to the right destination.

Data travels across the Internet through several levels of networks until it reaches its destination. E-mail messages arrive at the mail server (similar to the local post office) from a remote personal computer connected by a modem, or a node on a local-area network. From the server, the messages pass through a router, a special-purpose computer ensuring that each message is sent to its correct destination. A message may pass through several networks to reach its destination. Each network has its own router that determines how best to move the message closer to its destination, taking into account the traffic on the network. A message passes from one network to the next, until it arrives at the destination network, from where it can be sent to the recipient, who has a mailbox on that network. See also Electronic mail; Local-area networks; Wide-area networks.
Source: http://www.answers.com/internet

Very good rohitssj4. You will go far and you are very mature for your age. Don't let anyone sway you from that maturity. People will challenge you, believe me. I've been around computers since the 80's and know everything you are talking about. It was a great career until a couple years ago. I'm in and out of it now trying to just make money. I'm more online now within my studies, than building them, or troubleshooting. Good luck to you rohitssj4. Oh and I never heard of the Hotmail story. That sounded rediculous at first, but it is right up there with how Billy boy thinks. He takes from something and molds it into a Microsoft thing. Active Directory is from X.500 protocol, just like Netware is too. They did not create the wheel from scratch. If anyone who reads this wants more information on learning HTML, XML, or other similar languages goto www.w3schools.com,, www.htmlref.com,, www.htmldog.com. . I have some video courses I got for free and would be glad to share if you like. They include RSS FEED, HTML, graphics, audio, and more.

yah steve thanks
for answering I do know
the meaning of HTML before
thanks to you!

yo!! steve u know the right answer...congrats... heh heh

Creative!

I like!

wonderful idea. have Bill heard?

cool answer

That is funny:)

It's make me lough. Thanks dude, just keep up.

thats good

hheuheuheue...very funny
i almost fell from my seat when i read it. when everybody else get serious, you add joke..

Yeah thanks oldbuddy.

I got a headache........ What does that mean?



:-)

Oh oldbuddy, perhaps u could elucidate on that one!
:))

That's a cool HTML meaning..ha ha

LOL. Great answer.

awsome!

Yes, I agree. HTML stands for headaches to most languages, since it needs to be implement to get dynamic page in php, perl, or asp.Second question will be what is the difference using htm or html extension. for example You can have index.htm or index.html. Far as I know In early period of '90 htm is used, and in newer age html is used.

hehehe good one

haha...

i need some meds because i have HTML...^_^

good one.....

very funny... old guy..!!!

HyperText Markup Language for HTML

No, you all got it wrong.It stands for How To Make Love-lol.

I think it is hyper text markup language...doh! I fell in to the trap you already know!!!

You are right that HTML stand for “Hyper Text Markup Language”

HTML is the programming code behind the appearance of web pages.

HTML is definately a challenge. Easyy to figure out what it means, but hard to actually use it right...I may one day figure out all the ins and outs of it. Thank goodness in the meantime, I have my daughter and my hubby to help me put it correctly on my website, I would be lost without them.....

I AGREE WITH U