html

1. 1.

   a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents

   Synonymshypertext markup languagehypertext mark-up language

   Broadermarkup language

Other forms of html

plural

htmls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about html

What does html mean?

html means "a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents".

How many syllables are in html?

html has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌeɪtʃˌtiˌɛˈmɛl/.

What is another word for html?

Close synonyms include hypertext markup language, hypertext mark-up language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is html a common word?

html is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.