HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the standardized markup language for structuring content on the web. It defines semantic elements, document structure and basic browser APIs. HTML underpins accessibility, SEO and frontend architecture and serves as the foundation for modern web applications. It is maintained as a living standard.
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HTML is the standardized markup language used to describe the structure and meaning of web documents.
HTML grew from Tim Berners-Lee's work at CERN in the late 1980s to link networked scientific documents. W3C and WHATWG work developed that idea into today's Living Standard.
An HTML document forms a tree of elements. Headings, paragraphs, links, and forms carry semantics; the browser turns the tree into a DOM and renders an interactive page.
Tags mark content and its meaning.
The browser turns HTML into a document tree.
References connect documents and resources.
HTML is the shared structural foundation of the web. Semantic, accessible markup supports search engines, assistive technologies, and resilient evolution.
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