HTML

American  

abbreviation

Computers.

1. HyperText Markup Language: a set of standards, a variety of SGML, used to tag the elements of a hypertext document. It is the standard protocol for formatting and displaying documents on the World Wide Web.

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HTML British  

abbreviation

1. hypertext markup language: a text description language that is used for electronic publishing, esp on the Internet

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HTML Scientific  

/ āch′tē-ĕm-ĕl′ /

1. A markup language used to structure text and multimedia documents and to set up hypertext links between documents, used extensively on the World Wide Web.

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HTML Cultural  

1. An abbreviation for H yper t ext M arkup L anguage. This is the basic format for language that is used to construct the World Wide Web.

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Etymology

Origin of HTML

Coined in 1991 by English computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee

Example Sentences

Mr. Starr’s team wrote the document in WordPerfect, but the congressional officials converted it to HTML, “the format used on the internet,” The Washington Post reported at the time.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

Within the Factiva database, most content is HTML, though other formats are available for export.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Stu: Or you can right-click if you know any HTML, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out.

From The Verge • Dec. 3, 2021

Now here was something different, something that felt new because it was old: a real invention, not just lines of HTML.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2021

And what should we do with a text from a different source that is formatted as HTML?

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim