First what is an html? Html stands for hypertext markup language is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. but we are going talk about html element What is html element The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag. Example of html element <h1>My First Heading</h1> <p>My first paragraph.</p> In html Some HTML elements have no content (like the <br> element). These elements are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag!