Introduction to HTML and What is an HTML Element ?..

What is HTML?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
HTML describes the structure of a Web page
HTML consists of a series of elements
HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content
HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Introduction</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello world</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag:

<tagname>Content goes here...</tagname>

The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

<h1>My First heading</h1>

<p>My first paragraph.</p>