What do the acronyms PDF and HTML stand for?

A friend asked me about the acronyms PDF and HTML. I posted the answers as an FAQ at my web site http://www.okcorrell.com.

Q. What do the acronyms PDF and HTML stand for?

A.

PDF, portable document format. Dreamed up by the Adobe company, a software program called Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on nearly all computers now, whether PC's or Apple Mac's. Almost any computer user can read a PDF document, while many users in the world can't all read Microsoft (MS) Word documents. As you may know, people with MS Word 2003 can't read documents made in MS Word 2007. When users need to “read only”, nearly all will be able to open, read and print a PDF document.



HTML, Hyper Text Markup Language is a standard format programming language used primarily for rendering by web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari. When you enter a web page address in your computer, you are actually sending a request to an Internet file server that contains the data for that page. In fulfilling your request, the Internet server (aka web server) transmits the page information to your computer, coded in the HTML language. Your web browser is made to “decode” the HTML language and render it on your screen. If the page was designed properly, what you see on your screen is what the page designer intended you to see.

Here is wha the HTML paragraph above looks like in its HTML code:

HTML, Hyper Text Markup Language is a standard format programming language used primarily for rendering by web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari. When you enter a web page address in your computer, you are actually sending a request to an Internet file server that contains the data for that page. In fulfilling your request, the Internet server (aka web server) transmits the page information to your computer, coded in the HTML language. Your web browser is made to “decode” the HTML language and render it on your screen. If the page was designed properly, what you see on your screen is what the page designer intended you to see.

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Jim Correll has owned and worked in small businesses for the last 25 years, starting with a professional photography business in Western Kansas in the 1980’s, followed by 15 years in manufacturing, working in areas of purchasing, planning, contract administration and database management. He worked for an Internet catalog business before moving to Southeast Kansas in 2000 to become a receiving manager and later inventory manager for Amazon.com in Coffeyville. While at Amazon, Correll completed certification in the Amazon Six Sigma Black Belt program having to do with defect reduction and “relentless” process improvement toward better customer service and lower costs. He is currently the facilitator/mentor of the Successful Entrepreneur Program at Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas.