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;;;  Copyright (c) 1996 Universal Access Inc.
;;;  Author: Henry Minsky (hqm@ua.com) Sun Sep 15 11:03:43 1996.
<set-var title="An Introduction to Meta-HTML">
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<use-pagelist tutorial>

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  <plain-text>
    <h2>Introduction to HTML and Meta-HTML</h2>

    HTML is the language of the World Wide Web. HTML stands for
    <b>H</b>yper<b>T</b>ext <b>M</b>arkup <b>L</b>anguage. As its name
    suggests, it is a is a markup language, not a programming
    language. This means that its purpose is to <em>mark</em> plain
    text. These marks (conventionally called <em>tags</em>) describe
    the structure of the text, the general layout of the text, and
    most importantly they describe <em>Hyper Text Links</em> between
    various sections of the text and other documents.

    When a browser retrieves an HTML formatted document, it reads the
    text and the markup tags, and then displays the text in the format
    described by the tags.

    <ul>
      <li>If this is your first encounter with HTML, you'll probably
      want to continue with the <a href="sec1.01.mhtml">HTML Primer</a>.
      <li>Experienced HTML users can skip ahead to the
      <a href="sec1.02.mhtml">Introduction to Meta-HTML</a>.
    </ul>
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