What is HTML?

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What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard language used to build web pages. Every website you visit is built with HTML at its core.

Key Facts

HTML describes the structure of a web page
HTML consists of a series of elements
Elements are represented by tags enclosed in angle brackets
Browsers read HTML and render it into visible web pages

How It Works

You write HTML in a plain text file, save it with a .html extension, and open it in a browser. The browser interprets the tags and displays the result.

💡 Right-click any web page and choose "View Page Source" to see its HTML.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>My First Page</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Hello, World!</h1>
  <p>This is my first HTML page.</p>
</body>
</html>

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