Is HTML an STD? Seems like some Americans think so
A recent study found that many Americans are lost when it comes to tech-related terms, with 11% saying that they thought HTML — a language that is used to create websites — was a sexually transmitted disease.
The study was conducted by Vouchercloud.net, a coupons website, as a way to determine how knowledgeable users are when it comes to tech terms.
“Technology is a huge interest for our user base, and month after month we see thousands of people visiting our site to look for coupons and deals to use when purchasing their favorite tech products,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. “It seems that quite a few of us need to brush up on our tech definitions.”
Besides HTML, there were some other amusing findings:
42% said they believed a “motherboard” was “the deck of a cruise ship.” A motherboard is usually a circuit board that holds many of the key components of a computer.
More at http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/is-html-an-std-seems-like-some-americans-think-so/nd8GX/ .
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Who says it isn't? 
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Florida Senate endorses making computer coding a foreign language
http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/4266/senate-endorses-computer-foreign-language
I had some training in HTML and Web development in the late 90s so I know the value of HTML coding. I was a statistical analyst in the insurance industry and the knowledge of HTML came into play when I was transferring data from a Web platform back to a relational database for analysis. None of my colleagues had a clue how to do it so it was a major improvement in the productivity of the department when I impressed them with that knowledge.
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