What is HTML used for?

HTML is a markup language for creating web pages. Using HTML you can define web page structure and content.

The HTML consists of elements which enclose the content. The elements define how the content appears and how it behaves.

HTML is a shortcut for Hypertext Markup Language.

<p>This is a paragraph</p>
<p>This is a paragraph with <strong>bold</strong> word.</p>

The code above will appear like this:

The first part <p> is called opening tag. The third part </p> is called closing tag. The middle part This is a paragraph is content.