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HTML is an accronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. As the name suggests, HTML is a markup form that is useful for presenting information on the web. As of 2013, HTML is nearly in it's fifth version.

Some Terms to Keep in Mind

Tag: An HTML tags takes on the form <tag_name> where tag_name is a keyword representing the tag.
Attribute: An attribute adds specificity to a tag and it is added within the opening tag (e.g. <tag_name attribute="some_value">).
Element: The opening tag + content + closing tag (e.g. Hello World!).

General Rules of Thumb

All tags must close: whether they are self-closing (e.g. <img />) or not (e.g. ).
The root element of any HTML page is always <html>.
Attributes are always written as: property="value" (e.g. <img src="plane.png" />).
Tags and attributes should always appear in all lowercase letters.
Tags must be nested correctly: the first tag you open is the last one you close (e.g. hello world).

Basic Structure

Every HTML document starts like this:

<html>
	<head>
		<title>Title: Appears on your browser tab</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<!-- 
		This is an HTML comment block
		-->
	</body>
</html>

Learn about: Head Elements - Tags that can be used within the <head> section.
Learn about: Body Elements - Tags that can be used within the <body> section.