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HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

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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.

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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 document
• The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
• The <head> element contains meta information about the HTML page
• The <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 heading
• The <p> element defines a paragraph

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What is an HTML Element?

An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag:

The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

Start tag	Element content	End tag
	My First Heading
	My first paragraph.
	none	none

Note: Some HTML elements have no content (like the
element). These elements are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag!

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Web Browsers

The purpose of a web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) is to read HTML documents and display them correctly.

A browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses them to determine how to display the document:

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HTML Page Structure

Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:

Note: The content inside the section will be displayed in a browser. The content inside the