About HTML
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is used to create web pages (or websites as a collection of of one or more web pages). HTML is not a programming language. It is a markup language and thus markup tags are used.
One HTML file represents one web page. An HTML file is made up of HTML elements which is made up of markup tags called HTML tags and an element content. A web browser is used to read your HTML file so that it displays as a web page. HTML tags do not appear in your web pages and thus opening an HTML file in a web browser only displays the actual appearance of your web page. To edit your web page containing HTML elements, a text editor such as Windows’ Notepad can be used.
On the next page, you will learn how to create an HTML file and view them in your web browser.
