HTML allows users to create web pages. It uses tags to format text, add images and other multimedia, and create hyperlinks. Some key points:
- HTML was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and standardized in 1997.
- It uses tags enclosed in angle brackets like <p> to format text into paragraphs.
- Common tags include <h1> for main headings, <img> to add images, and <a> for hyperlinks.
- Tables, lists, and forms can be added using <table>, <ul>/<ol>, and <form> tags.
- HTML pages are plain text files that can be viewed on any browser.