This document provides an introduction to XHTML, the evolution of HTML, and the origins of the Internet. It explains that XHTML uses tags to provide structure and layout for web pages. The document also outlines some of the key events and technologies in the development of the Internet and World Wide Web, including the creation of HTML, early web browsers like Netscape Navigator, the establishment of URLs and HTTP, and the move to stricter standards like XHTML 1.0 in 2000.