HTML Introduction

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HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

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.

What is an HTML Element?

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>

Start tag Element content End tag

<h1> My First Heading </h1>

<p>  My first paragraph.</p>

<br>  none       none

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