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What is HTML?
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
HTML describes the structure of a Web page
HTML consists of a series of elements
HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content
HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.
A Simple HTML Document
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Example Explained
The
<!DOCTYPE html>declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 documentThe
<html>element is the root element of an HTML pageThe
<head>element contains meta information about the HTML pageThe
<title>element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab)The
<body>element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.The
<h1>element defines a large headingThe
<p>element defines a paragraph