6 Who’s afraid of HTML?

HTML – random definitions

What does HTML stand for? Depends on your viewpoint, but perhaps it should be one of the following?

■  Horrify Those Miserable Losers – for the online snob who

■  views the novice with disdain.

■  Help! Too Much Logic – for the said novice who views all things

■  IT with fear and suspicion.

■  Hunt The Mother Lode – for the anorak who expects too much.

■  Hah! The Madcap Laughs – for the online anarchists who think all the above have missed the point.

HTML certainly puts up the barriers and defines your position. Although most people can tell you what it stands for – Hyper Text Markup Language – they have difficulty describing what it does.

There are two schools of thought about HTML, which ...

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