What is HTML?

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML consists of standardized codes,or "tags", that are used to define the structure of information on a web page. HTML is used to prepare documents for the World Wide Web. A web page is single a unit of information, often called a document, that is available on the World Wide Web.

HTML defines several aspects of a web page including heading levels, bold, italics, images, paragraph breaks and hypertext links to other resources.