HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It's the standard language used to create web pages. It's made up of various elements that structure content on a webpage, such as headings, paragraphs, links, images, and more. HTML uses tags to define different elements within a page. These tags tell the web browser how to display the content. With HTML, you can create the structure and layout of a webpage, which can then be styled and enhanced further using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and made interactive through JavaScript.