HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It is the basic language used to create web pages for the world wide web(www).

Hypertext:-

Team hyper means that sometimes which is active. Hypertext means that text is stored electronically from which also includes cross-reference links between the pages.
It is an ordinary text but with some extra features. Hypertext is more than a simple text.

Markup:-

Markup is instruction or command that is embedded directly into the text of the document. Markup is also known as a tag.

Language:- 

The term language is used to signify that HTML is a language used along with all its syntax.
HTML is used to create, format, and links web pages on the world wide web. A web page contains text, graphics, sounds, animation, video, audio, and links to other web pages. A page written in HTML can be visited in any HTML compatible browser like Microsoft Internet Explorer(MSIE). HTML is a subset of SGML. (SGML=Standard Generalized Markup Language).


<HTML>
<HEAD>
     <TITLE> HTML BASIC </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
      HELLO WORLD
</BODY>
</HTML>

1.  HTML TAG <HTML>

This tag is usually at the highest of the hypertext markup language page.. And it is closed with </HTML> at end of the document. It tells the browser that all content between these tags is HTML content.

2.  HEAD TAG <HEAD>

The <HEAD>.......</HEAD> tags build the header of the document. This tag identifies the page heading and holds the title of the page. It is closed with </HEAD> before the main content of the page begins.

3.  <TITLE> TAG

This tag contains the document title. This is what you type between the <TITLE>...</TITLE> tag.

4.  BODY TAG <BODY>

This tag indicates the body of the document. It is closed with </BODY> before closing the HTML tag.

type of tags


FEATURES OF HTML DOCUMENT

1.  An HTML document is a collection of elements.

2.  To fracture the element, it embeds :

  • Tags
  • Images
  • Table

3.  Tags in a document are used to:-

  • Make text bold, italic, or underline.
  • Change the course of the text.
  • Creat list.
  • Insert table.
  • Insert audio and video.

4.  HTML documents also have from. The from has:-

  • Text boxes.
  • Radio button.
  • Checkboxes.
  • Password etc.