History of HTML Questions and Answers
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What year was HTML first proposed, and by whom?
HTML was first proposed in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide
Web.
What was the primary goal of HTML when it was created?
The primary goal of HTML was to enable the shari...
History of HTML Questions and Answers
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What year was HTML first proposed, and by whom?
✔✔HTML was first proposed in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide
Web.
What was the primary goal of HTML when it was created?
✔✔The primary goal of HTML was to enable the sharing and structuring of documents on the
World Wide Web, facilitating information exchange.
How did HTML evolve from version 1.0 to 2.0?
✔✔HTML 2.0 was released in 1995 and included improvements like form elements and tables,
reflecting the growing needs of web developers and users.
What organization was responsible for standardizing HTML versions after HTML 2.0?
✔✔The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) was responsible for standardizing HTML
versions until the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) took over in 1996.
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, Which version of HTML introduced support for multimedia elements like audio and video?
✔✔HTML5, released in 2014, introduced native support for multimedia elements, allowing the
embedding of audio and video without plugins.
What notable feature was removed from HTML with the transition to XHTML?
✔✔With the transition to XHTML, the requirement for closing all tags and adhering strictly to
XML syntax was enforced, which removed some flexibility present in HTML.
What is the significance of the DOCTYPE declaration in HTML?
✔✔The DOCTYPE declaration informs the browser about the version of HTML being used,
which helps render the page correctly.
How did the introduction of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) change HTML development?
✔✔The introduction of CSS allowed developers to separate content from presentation, enabling
greater design flexibility and easier maintenance of web pages.
What was the main purpose of the HTML 4.01 specification released in 1999?
✔✔HTML 4.01 aimed to provide a stable foundation for web development, fixing bugs and
refining features introduced in earlier versions.
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