Markup Languages Use codes called tags to provide

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Markup Languages -Use codes, called tags, to provide instructions about formatting and structure of

Markup Languages -Use codes, called tags, to provide instructions about formatting and structure of a website • HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) – Must be in lowercase, surrounded by brackets and inserted in pairs. • Standards for HTML is created by World Wide Web Consortium (pursuethe advancements in HTML) – HTML Tags: helps with webpage formatting • Ex: <html>Web page content</html> (beginning and ending of page) • Ex: <b>text</b> (Means the text between the tags are bold) – When page is read by browser, it formats the page according to the HTML tags

• XML (Extensible Markup Language) – Uses predefined and custom tags to allow

• XML (Extensible Markup Language) – Uses predefined and custom tags to allow for consistent sharing of information between groups. • Different from HTML because it does not define the appearance or organization of web page, it only defines the content. – EX: <serialnum> can be used to indicate a products serial number

• XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) – These pages display easier on Smartphones

• XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) – These pages display easier on Smartphones and held computers – Lessens many of the user-access issues concerning accessibility and web browsers • WML (Wireless Markup Language) – Designed specifically for microbrowsers on handheld computers, PDAs, and Smartphones. • Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) allows for Internet access on these devices

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) – Ensures that all the pages look the

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) – Ensures that all the pages look the same in the site • Applies common styles of colors, positioning, font, margins, etc. • Scripting languages – Programming languages used to write short paragraphs (scripts) • Scripts are used to make your web page dynamic and interactive with multimedia, animation – EX of languages: Java. Script, Active Server Pages, Hypertext Preprocessor, My. Sql » Java. Script and ASP call their scripting language active content. This can be used by hackers to transfer malware. » Malware is malicious software that can include viruses and worms the infect one computer or an entire network. • A web designer may choose to purchase a ready -made script to do routine or common functions (a shopping cart script)