What is HTML5?

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a markup language for web pages. Its main task is to interpret the information transmitted over the network in the form of readable content. Over time, HTML has had a lot of updates, and now its newest version is HTML5. HTML5 has become a necessary, forced evolution of the language on which web pages are written. It is designed to provide a better, faster and more convenient user interface for the desktop and mobile users.

Some of the most interesting innovations in HTML5 are: canvas element for drawing; video and audio elements for playing movies and music; new specific content elements, for example, article, footer, header, navigation, section; improved support for local offline storage.