H - back to top Home page 1. The first page loaded by your browser when you start up. The main WWW document for a person, group, or organisation. HTML HyperText Markup Language. HTML is the formatting language in which pages on the World Wide Web are constructed.
Browsers interpret HTML and display the pages appropriately.
See also Browser. Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. See also Server and Client. Click here to jump to the top of the page.