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Introduction To HTML

HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It uses a series of elements to describe the structure of a page and tags like <h1> and <p> to label different parts as headings or paragraphs. A web browser reads HTML documents and displays the content between opening and closing tags, ignoring the tags themselves. The root HTML element contains heading, body, and title elements to specify the page structure and title.

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Introduction To HTML

HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It uses a series of elements to describe the structure of a page and tags like <h1> and <p> to label different parts as headings or paragraphs. A web browser reads HTML documents and displays the content between opening and closing tags, ignoring the tags themselves. The root HTML element contains heading, body, and title elements to specify the page structure and title.

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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.

Example Program
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>


<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

Example Explained
● 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
What is an HTML Element?
An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag

Example:-

<tagname>Content goes here...</tagname>

Start tag Element content End tag

<h1> My First Heading </h1>

<p> My first paragraph. </p>

<br> none None

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:
HTML Page Structure
Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:

Note: The content inside the <body> section (the white area above) will be
displayed in a browser. The content inside the <title> element will be shown
in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab.

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