HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a computer language that is used in creating web pages, websites, and web applications. HTML is a basic computer language that provides what is called the structure of a web page or site.
WEB DESIGN- It refers to the creation of interfaces on devices like the computer or mobile devices for the purpose of communication which is on the internet.
CSS- It means Cascading Style Sheet. From the full meaning of the abbreviation CSS, it is also a computer language but it is purposely for the styling of a web page or website. The type of styling it makes use of is called external styling.
The tag for link- <a></a> Example; <a href="www.google.com">Search google</a>
Some of the tags have both opening and closing tags and this is how it looks like <></>.
Tag for paragraph- it uses <p></p> It is a block-level element which means that it starts from a new line just like a paragraph works.
Heading tag- The heading tag ranges from the largest size to the smallest size. It looks like this:
<h1></h1>
<h2></h2>
<h3></h3>
<h4></h4>
<h5></h5>
<h6></h6>
The h1 is the largest heading tag and the h6 is the smallest.
Image alternative tag- The alternative tag for an image is alt. The alt is used to provide an alternative text that shows when an image is not displayed especially due to network connection problems. Example of the alt tag in use, <img src="img1.jpg" alt ="image of banana in a bowl" />
Table tag- <table></table> The use of this tag introduces a table as the name declares.
List tag- <li></li>
Bullet list- <ul></ul> Also known as an unordered list.
Ordered list- <ol></ol> Known as an ordered list because the items in the list are numbered numerically.
Line break- <br/> It breaks the line of text into a new line.
Horizontal ruler- <hr/> Enables the creation of a horizontal ruler.
Bold- <b></b> Boldens a text.
Italics- <i>Italizes a text</i>
Hexadecimal color- Html language makes use of combinations or numbers and alphabets which in all sums up to six that represent colors. The hexadecimal code for white is #ffffff.
Body- Contains everything on a web page except the head and its components. Tag is <body></body>
These are a few of the many terms in HTML.
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