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What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. HTML describes the structure of a web page semantically and originally included cues for the appearance of the document.

Basic Document Structure

Every HTML document follows a standard tree structure. Here is the minimal boilerplate code required for any webpage:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

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

</body>
</html>

Try it yourself:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

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

</body>
</html>

CSS

Result

Tags and Elements

HTML uses 'tags' to create elements. Most tags come in pairs: an opening tag `<tag>` and a closing tag `</tag>`.