There are a number of reasons for studying HTML. Among them are:

• It is the main language of the Internet.
• It provides experience in thinking in a highly structured manner.
• HTML provides a gateway to learning other programming languages.
• Web page creation is a creative process.
• You receive immediate results.
• Guys think you are "cool".
• Girls think you are "cool".
• Knowing HTML means you get to do a lot of fun projects.
• You can make a lot of money if you know HTML and one or two other languages.
• It's easy.
• You have the ability to create the 1,180,000nd or 3,700,000th web page.
• Enter your own reason

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It was developed in the early 1990's as a method for accessing data individually. It is what allows a person to jump from place to place by pointing and clicking. HTML does not do this by itself, however. It requires the programs and data stored on computers within the network to accomplish its instructions.

HTML is NOT a true programming language. It is a mark-up language that allows you to insert formatting instructions within documents, tie them together and even link various other types of files such as graphics and spreadsheets.

The big idea with HTML is that it is a cross-platform, cross-file tool. In other words, it works on any computer and will integrate with almost any type of data file.

The language is public domain, meaning no one owns it. Anyone is free to add extensions or modify it in any way they wish. Getting support from the companies that produce the browsers that must interpret your code might be difficult...