How HTML Works with the Web

Without HTML, the World Wide Web wouldn't exist. HTML allows the individual elements on the Web to be brought together and presented as a collection. Text, images, multimedia, and other files can all be packaged together using HTML. This section explains the basic principles behind the interaction between HTML and the World Wide Web.

1. The author of the Web page assembles all of the materials necessary, including text, charts, images, and sounds.
2. All of the material for the Web page is linked together using HTML. HTML codes control the appearance, layout, and flow of the page. The amazing thing about HTML is that it is all done with simple text codes that anyone can understand
3. When someone connects to a Web server from his or her computer, the HTML file is transferred from server to client. Because an HTML file is simple text, this usually happens very quickly
4. The Web browsing software (the client) interprets the layout and markup commands specified in the HTML file and then displays the text exactly as the HTML author intended
5. Any images and charts on the page are retrieved as well. The HTML file tells the Web browser what images to download and how to display them on the page