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By Stephen Chapman, About.com

Definition: HTML is not a programming language, It is a method of marking up the content of your web page so that a web browser knows how you want it displayed. HTML consists of a number of different tags that you surround the various pieces of your page content with to identify what that content is. For example you surround each paragraph with paragraph tags. The web browser then knows how to display the content based on which tags you have used. You can modify the way that a web browser processes your HTML using stylesheets.
Also Known As: HyperText Markup Language
Examples: <p>This is a paragraph.</p>

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