What is HTML? HTML is a language used to describe a Web page.
- HTML refers to Hypertext Markup Language (Hyper Text Markup Language)
- HTML is not a programming language, but a markup language (Markup Language)
- Markup language is a set of tag tags (markup tag)
- HTML uses tag tags to describe web pages
HTML tag HTML tag tags are often referred to as HTML tags (html tag).
- HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets , such as
- HTML tags are usually paired up , such as <b> and </b>
- The first label in the pair is the start tag , the second is the end tag
- Start and end tags are also known as open tags and closed labels
HTML document = Web page
- HTML Document Description Web page
- HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
- HTML documents are also called Web pages
The purpose of a Web browser is to read HTML documents and display them as Web pages. Instead of displaying HTML tags, the browser uses tags to interpret the contents of the page:
<HTML><Body><H1>My First Heading</H1><P>My first paragraph.</P></Body></HTML>
Example explanation
- Text description page between
- The text between <body> and </body> is visible in the page content
- The text between
- Text between <p> and </p> is displayed as a paragraph
HTML One (Introduction)
