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What Is HTML

HTML is the standard markup language used to define the structure of web pages. HTML uses elements represented by tags to describe headings, paragraphs, and other parts of a page. Browsers use HTML tags to determine how to display web pages, but do not display the tags themselves. A basic HTML document contains a root <html> element which contains a <head> for metadata and <body> for visible content, for example including <h1> headings and <p> paragraphs.

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What Is HTML

HTML is the standard markup language used to define the structure of web pages. HTML uses elements represented by tags to describe headings, paragraphs, and other parts of a page. Browsers use HTML tags to determine how to display web pages, but do not display the tags themselves. A basic HTML document contains a root <html> element which contains a <head> for metadata and <body> for visible content, for example including <h1> headings and <p> paragraphs.

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What is HTML?

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

 HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language


 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 are represented by tags
 HTML tags label pieces of content such as "heading", "paragraph", "table",
and so on
 Browsers do not display the HTML tags, but use them to render the
content of the page

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>

 The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines this document to be HTML5


 The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
 The <head> element contains meta information about the document
 The <title> element specifies a title for the document
 The <body> element contains the visible page content
 The <h1> element defines a large heading
 The <p> element defines a paragraph
HTML Tags
HTML tags are element names surrounded by angle brackets:

<tagname>content goes here...</tagname>

 HTML tags normally come in pairs like <p> and </p>


 The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
 The end tag is written like the start tag, but with a forward
slash inserted before the tag name

Tip: The start tag is also called the opening tag, and the end tag the closing
tag.

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

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

The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration


The <!DOCTYPE> declaration represents the document type, and helps browsers
to display web pages correctly.

It must only appear once, at the top of the page (before any HTML tags).

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is not case sensitive.

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration for HTML5 is:

<!DOCTYPE html>

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