shaileshb Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I have a query regarding ol (ordered list) type attribe. In tha below table it is description of 1, 2, 3, .... numbers is given "arabic numbers". Can anybody explain me why the arabic is used when these numbers are from english language. I have taken this table from "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/lists.html"Type | Numbering | style -------------------------------------------------1 | arabic numbers | 1, 2, 3, ... -------------------------------------------------a | lower alpha | a, b, c, ... -------------------------------------------------A | upper alpha | A, B, C, ... -------------------------------------------------i | lower roman | i, ii, iii, ... -------------------------------------------------I | upper roman | I, II, III, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skym Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Arabic numbers are just a name for the European numeric system. The name just stuck, because the Arabs brought the system in Europe (though it was invented in India):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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