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1. Computers

2. The Internet

3. The World-Wide Web

4. HTML
 

 

 

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  1. Computers
 

 
  An Illustrated History of Computers
   
 
   
 
   
 
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  2. The Internet
 
   
   
 
   
 
   
  Hobbes' Internet Timeline v8.2
   
 
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  3. The World-Wide Web
 

 

 

Vannear Bush's As We May Think

 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
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  4. HTML
   
  http://inventors.about.com/od/computersoftware/a/html.htm
   
   
 

What is an HTML File?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language An HTML file is a text file containing small markup tags The markup tags tell the Web browser how to display the page An HTML file must have an htm or html file extension An HTML file can be created using a simple text editor

Do You Want to Try It?

If you are running Windows, start Notepad.

If you are on a Mac, start SimpleText.

In OSX start TextEdit and change the following preferences:

Open the the "Format" menu and select "Plain text" instead of "Rich text". Then open the "Preferences" window under the "Text Edit" menu and select "Ignore rich text commands in HTML files". Your HTML code will probably not work if you do not change the preferences above! Type in the following text:

 
  
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of page</title>
</head>
<body>
This is my first homepage. <b>This text is bold</b>
</body>
</html>
   
 

Save the file as "mypage.htm".

Start your Internet browser. Select "Open" (or "Open Page") in the File menu of your browser. A dialog box will appear.

Select "Browse" (or "Choose File") and locate the HTML file you just created - "mypage.htm" - select it and click "Open".

Now you should see an address in the dialog box, for example "C:\MyDocuments\mypage.htm". Click OK, and the browser will display the page.

   
 

HTM or HTML Extension?

When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the .html extension. We have used .htm in our examples. It might be a bad habit inherited from the past when some of the commonly used software only allowed three letter extensions. With newer software we think it will be perfectly safe to use .html.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp