: a markup language that is used to create documents on the World Wide Web incorporating text, graphics, sound, video, and hyperlinks
Word History
Etymology
hypertext markup language
First Known Use
1992, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
HTML
noun
ˌāch-(ˌ)tē-(ˌ)em-ˈel
: a computer language that is used to create pages on the World Wide Web that can include text, pictures, sound, video, and hyperlinks to other Web pages