What Does HTML Stand For?

Hypertext Markup Language

As you can probably guess from the title, HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is a language used by web browsers to interpret and represent text, images, videos, audio and other mediums for people on web pages. HTML defines the structure of a website while other technologies their appearance (CSS) and behaviour (JavaScript). "Hypertext" describes the links between pages of content on the web that you can access immediately by clicking on said link. "Markup" refers to the method by which text, images, and other content is annotated to then be displayed. Examples of the these markup elemetns include ,