What is HTML? HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the standard markup language for creating web pages. 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 label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc. Example: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Page Title</title> </head> <body> <h1>My First Heading</h1> <p>My First paragraph.</p> </body> </html> ********* * The <!DOCTYPE HTML> declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document. * The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page. * The <head> element contains meta information about the HTML page. * The <title> element specifies a title for the HTML page (while is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's