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What is the difference between HTML and HTML5

by Umesh Singh Software Engineer
HTML is a web page programming language and it stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. In practice, web technology is a well-defined standard that allows the developers to develop web applications with the help of pre-defined sets of classes, methods, objects, and properties. Web technology is providing an interface that allows information sharing between the clients and web servers. In actual, HTML elements are the basic building block of webpages. All the HTML standards are created by the world wide web consortium which is also termed as W3C. Additionally, HTML5 is also a markup language that is used for structuring and presenting content for the WWW (World wide web) and it is a prime technology of the internet which has been originally proposed by the software named opera software. HTML5 is the fifth revision of the existing HTML standard. There are lots of differences between HTML and HTML5 which are generally asked in HTML5 interview questions. This article presents some of the main differences which will help the developer during the time of selection of web technology for the development of web-based applications.

Web Technologies Introduction

With the use of different web technologies, a developer can create professional websites that serve their purpose in the competitive market. Although, by using web technologies developers can create dynamic web pages that allow users to edit, update and format the text and upload images, videos and photos without taking the help of a web designer. Some of the company used web technologies are HTML, JavasScript, CSS, XML, XHTML, AJAX, PHP, ASP.NET.

About HTML

HTML is a markup language that is used to describe the structure of text and graphics on a web page. This programming language is derived from a number of general-purpose languages called Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which is an international organization for Standardised technology that defines markup language. You need to be very specific while answering HTML interview questions.

About HTML5

This is the fifth revision of the HTML standard and aims to improve the language with the help of the latest multimedia while keeping it easily readable by humans and consistently understood by the computers and devices which involves web browsers, parsers, etc. I practice HTML5 is a cooperation between the world wide web consortium and web hypertext application technology working group (WHATWG).

Difference between HTML and HTML5

HTML

HTML5

In HTML audio and video are not a part of HTML4 specification

In HTML5, audio, and videos are regarded as an integral part of HTML5 specification

For example,

Vector graphics are possible with the help of the technologies namely VML, SilverLight, Flash, etc.

Vector graphics are an integral part of HTML5. For example, SVG and Canvas 

HTML is compatible with all the old browsers

Most of the modern browsers (Firefox, Mozilla, safari, chrome, and opera) have started supporting HTML5 specifications.

Web Sockets are not available in HTML it uses long lopping and streaming mechanism.

Full duplex communication channels can be established with the server using web sockets. 

It is almost impossible to get true GeoLocation of users browsing any website especially if it comes to mobile devices.

JS GeoLoctaion API in HTML5 helps to identify the location of the user browsing any website.

In HTML browser cache can be used as a temporary storage.

In HTML5, application cache, Web SQL database, and Web storage are available as client-side storage.


Conclusion 

It has been concluded that HTML5 is being proved as one of the powerful tools for webpage design. With HTML5, streaming of audio and video without the need for third-party plug-in such as flash is possible. Additionally, it is clear and concise that the HTML5 is incorporated with an advanced level of features. By using HTML5, users can access data to support the web application and it can even be accessed when the client is disconnected for a short period of time. Moreover, HTML5 introduces new elements and features that allow the developers to improve the interoperability, handling elements in a precise way by saving time and cost-related constraints. 


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About Umesh Singh Freshman   Software Engineer

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