HTML stands for Hyper Text Mark up Language. It is the basic language which make the web work and is used by most of the websites. It is the most common language which is understood by any computer and the standard compliance for creating simple static web pages. When implemented properly, it is one of the most powerful tools that can guarantee the look of the web pages to be the same in every single browser.    Hyper - is the opposite of linear. It used to be that computer programs had to move in a linear fashion. It allows the person viewing the World Wide Web page to go anywhere, any time they want.    Text - is what you will see. Real, honest to goodness English letters.    Mark up - is what you will do. You will write on the Plain English and then mark up what you wrote.    Language - because they needed something that starts with "L" to finish HTML and Hypertext Mark up Louie didn't flow correctly.