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HTML Introduction

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard language for creating web pages.

  • HTML describes the structure of a page
  • HTML is made of elements, written as tags
  • Browsers read HTML and show it as a page

Your first page

Every HTML page is a set of nested elements. Press Run to see the result, then change the text and run it again.

Examplehtml
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How it works

An element has an opening tag, content and a closing tag:

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
Quick check

What does HTML stand for?

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