HTML stands for Hyper text markup language. HTTP or hyper text transfer protocol
is used to send and recive HTML information from a client web browser and web server.
The term markup is used to format the HTML page using HTML tags that are in angle brackets
wraped around real text.
A test of the HTTP protocol can be done using a telnet program...
telnet www.google.com 80
Then type:
GET / HTTP/1.0
Then press the enter key twice.
Sample hello world web page. Hello world refers to
a test program written to test a compiler.