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HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard language used to create and structure content on the web. Every website you visit — from Google to YouTube — is built on HTML at its core.
When you type a URL into your browser, the browser sends a request to a server. The server responds with an HTML file. The browser then reads that file and renders it as a visual page you can see and interact with.
HTML uses a system of tags to describe the structure of content. Tags are keywords wrapped in angle brackets, like <h1> or <p>. Most tags come in pairs — an opening tag and a closing tag — and the content sits between them.
HTML is not a programming language. It doesn't have logic, loops, or variables. It is a markup language — its job is to describe what content is, not how it behaves. That's where CSS (styling) and JavaScript (behaviour) come in.
Think of HTML as the skeleton of a webpage. CSS is the skin and clothes. JavaScript is the muscles that make it move.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>My First Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
<p>This is my first HTML page.</p>
</body>
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Learning Objectives
- 1Understand what HTML stands for and its purpose
- 2Learn how browsers parse and render HTML
- 3Identify the role of HTML in the web stack
- 4Distinguish HTML from CSS and JavaScript
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