what is html?

Answer 1

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages. It stands for Hyper Text Markup Language because it describes the structure of Web pages using markup. HTML elements are the building blocks (tags) of HTML pages. So it is NOT a programming language. See HTML course. :)

Answer 2

HTML is a markup language, and markup language means that it has tags that come in pair, opening tag like <p> and closing tag like </p> and off course the content comes between the two tags.
Tags describe the content they contain.
HTML is language for the visible content in any page allover the web.

Answer 3

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages. It is NOT a programming language.