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## So what is (electronic) text?
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### encoding
> \`The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Etc.\`
<br><br>
### or markup
> \`<title>The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Etc.</title>\`
<br><br>
### or image data
> 
### or just math
> 
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## What is plain text?
* characters as encoded by a standard scheme (nothing but)
* machine and human readable
* sustainable
* platform independent
## What is *not*?
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## Markup
* systematic way of annotating document parts for humans *and* machines
* indicating presentation / procedure / description
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## And Markdown?
* a minimal (almost) markup language[^6]
* very little redundancy
* the world could fall apart and you could still read it
* wildly flexible in terms of platforms/formats
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## Further Resources
### Getting Started
- [GitHub Guide: Mastering Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/)
- [HTML Dog: Examples](https://htmldog.com/examples/)
### References
- [HTML Dog: Tags](https://htmldog.com/references/html/tags/)
- [HTML Dog: CSS Properties](https://htmldog.com/references/css/properties/)
- [HTML Reference from Mozilla Developer Network](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference)
- [CSS Reference from Mozilla Developer Network](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference)
- [*Companion Site for How to Design and Write Web Pages Today, 2nd ed.*](https://webpg.es/)
- [Much more than you ever wanted to know about encoding text](https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/)
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