# 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.
{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
```html
Page Title
My First Heading
My first paragraph.
```
{% endcode %}
* The `` declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document
* The `` element is the root element of an HTML page
* The `` element contains meta information about the HTML page
* The `` element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab)
* The `<body>` element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.
* The `<h1>` element defines a large heading
* The `<p>` element defines a paragraph