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HTML 5 Overview

HTML5 is the latest version of HTML that provides new semantic elements and APIs to improve the structure and functionality of web pages. Some key features of HTML5 include simplified document type declarations, embedded audio and video, client-side data storage, and new form controls. While still a work in progress, HTML5 is supported by modern browsers and aims to standardize web technologies and make web pages more engaging and functional.

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HTML 5 Overview

HTML5 is the latest version of HTML that provides new semantic elements and APIs to improve the structure and functionality of web pages. Some key features of HTML5 include simplified document type declarations, embedded audio and video, client-side data storage, and new form controls. While still a work in progress, HTML5 is supported by modern browsers and aims to standardize web technologies and make web pages more engaging and functional.

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HTML5 Basics And Its Features

 
HTML is a language for describing the structure of Web pages. HTML stands for HyperText
Markup Language. Web pages consist of markup tags and plain text. HTML5 is the next
generation of HTML.
 

 
Since the early days of the web, there have been many versions of HTML.
 
Version Year
HTML 1991
HTML 2.0 1995
HTML 3.2 1997
HTML 4.01 1999
XHTML 2000
HTML5 2014
 
Background
 
The HTML5 work stems from the WHATWG ( Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group), HTML and their focus is the development of HTML and APIs for web
applications.
 
What is HTML5?
 
HTML5 is the new standard for HTML. The previous version of HTML, HTML4.01, came in
1999. The web has changed a lot since then. HTML5 is still a work in progress. HTML5 has
defined a new standard for HTML, XHTML, and the HTML DOM.
 
HTML5 is not something completely new. Most of the HTML5 specifications came from
HTML or HTML1.0. A web browser can read HTML files and compose them into visible or
audible web pages.
 
Features in HTML5 are
 The DOCTYPE declaration for HTMl5 is very simple, <!DOCTYPE html>
 The character encoding<meta charset=”UTF-8”>
 New function for embedding audio(<audio>), video(<video>), graphics(<svg>
and<canvas>)
 Client-side data storage
 Interactive documents
 New structural elements <article> ,<header>,<footer>,<nav>,<section>,and<figure>
 New from control calendar, date,time,email,url,search
 Java script enhancement
 New HTML5 API’s
 HTML Geolocation, HTML Drag And Drop, html local storage, HTML Application Cash,
HTMl Web Workers, HTML SSE
HTML5 Browser support
 
The latest versions of Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft
Internet Explorer 9.0 along with Microsoft Edge, all support many of the new HTML5
features.
 
In addition, the mobile web browsers that come pre-installed on iPhones, iPads, and Andriod
phones all have support for HTML5.
 
Specific browsers
 IE9+(Windows
 Firefox3.0+(all operating systems)
 Safari3.0+(Windows, OS X, and iphone OS1.0)
 Chrome 3.0195
 Opera 9.5
Example program

1. <!DOCTYPE html>  
2. <html>  
3.     <head>  
4.         <title> MY FIRST HTML5 DOCUMENT</title>  
5.     </head>  
6.     <body>  
7.         <p>THIS IS NEW HTML5 DOCUMENT  
8.         </P>  
9.     </body>  
10. </html>    

The result will be


 
 

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