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Which of the following statements is not correct ?

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UGC NET 2016 Paper 1 Question Paper (10-Jul-2016)
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HTML is a programming language.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) describes the structure of a web document with tags such as headings, paragraphs, links and tables. The browser decides the exact on-screen rendering.

HTML is not screen precise: the same page can look different with different browsers, window sizes and fonts, so this statement is correct.

HTML does not specify a logic: it has no variables, conditions, loops or computation of its own, so this statement is correct.

DHTML (Dynamic HTML) combines HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the DOM to change page content and style in the browser, producing highly interactive pages, so this statement is correct.

Calling HTML a programming language is wrong: it is a markup language, because it only labels content and cannot express algorithms. That is the statement that is not correct.

HTML is a programming language. option is correct.

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