Well you came here to know what HTML means and how to use it so here they are .
what is html you ask?
HTML stands for Hypertext markup language. It consists of codes which are inserted into a document to control the way the document is displayed by a "web browser" such as netscape navigator/communicator or microsoft internet explorer.
since you are veiwing this document you must be using a web browser. It has a "view source" feature you can see what this page looks like using codes.
In netscape or microsoft internat explorer you can see this by clicking VIEW..Then SOURCE
In a html document you must have the proper form, so that this can be recognized and interperated properly by the browser software.
This basic form is:
You should notice 2 things here. Opening codes are enclosed with brackets (< >)
and closing codes include a slash ( </ >).
For example a html docoment is opened by <HTML> and closed by </HTML>.