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Posted by ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points

Why are HTML files often referred to as documents?

Why are HTML files often referred to as documents?

2 Answers

Michael Afanasiev
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Michael Afanasiev
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Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
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Hi Ibrahim,

The answer to that would be that HTML was originally designed to share research documents, and the word “documents” still persists today.

If you'd like to know more about what is HTML and a brief history of it, check it out here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Introduction

ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points
ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points

Thanks for answering :)