What is HTML?

This HTML Tutorial explains introduction of HTML.

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a web page layout structure programming language.

As the foundations of a building are done the same way, the basic layout of a web page is created in HTML.

Abbreviation Explanation:

H -> Hyper

T -> Text

M -> Markup

L -> Language

HTML Describes structure of the web page.
HTML consists of a series of elements.
HTML tells the browser how to display the content.
HTML elements label pieces of content such as “This is Division Element”, “This is a paragraph”, “This is an anchor link” etc.

Explanation Of Above Example

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

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

<tagname> Content goes here… </tagname>
The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>