Format for creating web pages and other information visible in a web browser. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a so-called markup language that assigns words to fixed structures such as headings, paragraphs, or lists.
HTML is further developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG). In order to be able to exchange documents electronically in a simple, fast and structured way, a simple text markup language was needed. This was the birth of HTML in 1992, developed to communicate research results.
HTML elements serve as a structuring markup with which text areas can be assigned a meaning. The web browser parses this data and displays it on the screen. CSS is used to present the data. HTML is constantly being developed to meet the increasing demands on the World Wide Web.