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Graphic Tools
Notes The text between <html> and </html> describes the web page, and the text between <body> and
</body> is the visible page content. The markup text ‘<title>Hello HTML</title>’ defines the
browser page title.
Figure 9.1: The Output of the Example Given Above
Source: http://www.mygeekpal.com/php-syntax-variables-echo-statement/
9.1.3 Advantages of HTML
HTML has the following advantages which makes it widely used:
z It is easy to use and understand
z Almost all browsers support HTML
z It is free
z It has a loose syntax and hence very flexible
z It is similar to XML syntax, which is increasingly used for data storage.
9.1.4 Limitations of HTML
z Being too flexible makes it hard to maintain in cases of complex structuring
z Can only create static web pages
z You have to keep up with deprecated tags, and make sure not to use them.
z It is not very secure
z Many tags are now deprecated
Did u know? The latest version of HTML is HTML 5 which can handle multimedia and
graphical content on the web without having to resort to proprietary plugins and APIs.
Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks:
1. A set of related web pages served from a single web domain constitutes a ……………………
2. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the ……………………
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