Early HTML

One of the most unique aspects of HTML when compared to other programming languages is that there is no way to program logic with HTML. What that means is that anything dynamic (or that might change appearance depending on certain variables) isn't programmed in HTML. This language really only serves two purposes - to display text and to link pages together. HTML stands for "Hyper Text Markup Language" and was originally developed as a way to organize documentation like instructions or manuals and provide a way to "link" sections together. You know when text is all blue and underlined and your mouse cursor turns into a little gloved hand when you hover over it? that's the main point of HTML. While it wasn't originally intended for the "internet" as we know it today, this idea of an interactive document evolved into Web Pages as we know them today.