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HTML
HyperText Markup Language, the document standard of the World Wide Web for creating web pages and web applications. HTML describes the structure of a web page semantically and originally included cues for the appearance of the document.
| First released | 1993 |
| Developed by | W3C & WHATWG |
| Latest stable version | 5.3 |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | all websites |
Interesting facts
The acceptance of HTML by web page designers has allowed them to think of a document as a way of accessing information, rather than a collection of static pages that can only be read when downloaded.