Knowledge in HTML Introduction

HTML Introduction

What is HTML? HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages. • HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language • 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 are represented by tags • HTML tags label pieces of content such as "heading", "paragraph", "table", and so on • Browsers do not display the HTML tags, but use them to render the content of the page Example Explained • The declaration defines this document to be HTML5 • The element is the root element of an HTML page • The element contains meta information about the document • The element specifies a title for the document • The element contains the visible page content • The element defines a large heading • The element defines a paragraph