What is mark up language?

In computing, "mark up" is "a set of tags assigned to elements of a text to indicate their relation to the rest of the text or dictate how they should be displayed". Ref: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mark+up+meaning Mark up languages are hence languages which enable you to assign these tags to text.

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