HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language used to create and structure Web pages. The term markup means that HTML uses a series of tags to describe the function of elements within the page. Each tag encapsulates content and specifies its role, allowing browsers to interpret it correctly and display it consistently.

Being a formatting language and not a programming language, HTML alone cannot perform calculations, make logical decisions, or directly manipulate data as a programming language such as JavaScript would. Its role is solely to structure and organize the content of a web page, defining elements such as headings, paragraphs, images, links, and tables to achieve these effects, it is usually joined by CSS (which handles styling and layout) and JavaScript (which handles interaction and dynamic logic).

Additional Technical Documentation

• HTML on MDN Web Docs