Introduction

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

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 elements tell the browser how to display the content

A Simple HTML Document

<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
  <head>
   <title>Page Title</title>
  </head>
  <body>

   <h1>My First Heading</h1>
   <p>My first paragraph.</p>

  </body>
</html>

Example Explained

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 (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab)
The <body> element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.
The <h1> element defines a large heading
The <p> element defines a paragraph

What is an HTML Element?

An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag: <tagname>Content goes here...</tagname>

The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag: <h1>My First Heading</h1> <p>My first paragraph.</p>

Start Tage	Content Tag	End Tag
`<h1>`	My First header	`</h1>`
`<p>`	My First Paragraph	`</p>`
`<br>`	none	none