why does html begin with <p>

Question

i came across this sight when i was searching for something from my computer class. but im quite interested in learning more about coding. i decided to start off with html but the first thing i saw really confused me lmao. i know nothing about coding so im not sure what the <p> and the slashes and weather im allowed to put any letter i want between these thingies <>. open to any advice you guys have!

Answer 1

p is a tag representing paragraphs.

The < and > characters are used for the starting and ending of all tags in HTML.

Do the following to learn more.

You should go through Sololearn's HTML course:
https://www.sololearn.com/learning/1014

or this tutorial:
https://www.w3schools.com/html/