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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

what is html document

what is html document

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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi there,

A HTML document is a browser page that displays HTML to the web. But it's really just a "collection" of HTML elements. The HTML is one layer in many of the tools used to display web pages to the screen. HTML controls what is known as the "content" layer!