What is HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a markup language that describes the structure of a web page using tags. The browser reads HTML and displays the page. HTML is not a programming language — it has no loops or conditions, just markup.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <p>Hello, world!</p>
  </body>
</html>

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Task

Change the text "Hello, world!" to any other greeting and click Preview to see the result.

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The <body> tag

Purpose of <body>: the container for all of a page's visible content.