hypertext mark-up language

1. 1.

   a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents

   Synonymshypertext markup languageHTML

   Broadermarkup language

Questions about hypertext mark-up language

What does hypertext mark-up language mean?

hypertext mark-up language means "a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents".

What is another word for hypertext mark-up language?

Close synonyms include hypertext markup language, HTML. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypertext mark-up language a common word?

hypertext mark-up language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.