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5. HTML: Today's Web Technology

HTML is the current wildly popular markup language for delivering documents over the Web. Why is it so popular? Why are tens of millions of people cruising the Web? How did hundreds of thousands of websites spring up so quickly?
The following paragraphs explain the reasons for HTMLs popularity in detail.
Very simple HTML makes Web cruising so simple, most people can train themselves. All you have to learn is how to click on the blue, underlined text. For those who want to create simple Web pages, HTML is easy enough to learn in just a few hours.
Built-in style The screen formatting that is built into HTML is likewise very simple. Even though HTML formatting has a lot of limitations, its far better than the plain text display of the Internet before the advent of HTML and the World Wide Web. HTMLs limited formatting options make Web publishing even easier, because you dont have to deal with balancing multiple columns, positioning graphics to achieve attractive page breaks, and so on.
Easy, standard linking HTMLs flexible and powerful hypertext linking is easy to set up, but it, too, has limitations that complicate large-scale implementations.
Forms support You can easily set up simple forms applications with HTML. Todays Web editors make it possible for you to set up your first form in an hour or two. After youve done your first form, you can do additional forms in much less time.
Simple programming Finally, HTML uses CGI scripting for really easy programming. Although you cant do everything with it, you can do a decent amount really easily.

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