HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible
Chapter One
In This Chapter
Introducing the World
Wide Web
How the Web Works
Defining Hypertext
Where HTML Fits in
Defining CSS
Defining XHTML
Creating an HTML
Document
Introducing the
Web and HTML
This chapter addresses the questions most people have
when they're getting started with HTML/XHTML, such as
what is the difference between HTML and XHTML, and when
do Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) come into play? If you're
already familiar with the basic concepts discussed here, you
can get started with practical matters in Chapter 2. Still, I
encourage you to at least skim this chapter, making sure you
understand the very important distinction between structure
and presentation (see What Is CSS?) and how HTML, XML, and
XHTML are related (see What Is XHTML?).
What Is the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web-the Web, for short-is a network of
computers able to exchange text, graphics, and multimedia
information via the Internet. By sitting at a computer that is
attached to the Web, using either a dialup phone line or a
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