What is HTML?

HTML is the language for describing web pages. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup. A markup language is a set of markup tags. HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages. HTML markups are usually called HTML tags. HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <>. HTML tags normally come in pairs. The firs tag in a pair is like the start tag, the second tag is the end tag. Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags