The programming language tags are used to identify and stylize a web page's specific structural elements. Jennifer Still/Business Insider Of all the coding languages, HTML is perhaps the simplest.

Is HTML a programming language? No, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is not a programming language; it is a markup language used for structuring content on the web.

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#2: HTML: Although it technically isn't a programming language — it's a "markup language" — HTML is the basis for the structure of every single website. Shutterstock ...

For example, a Web application may involve database programming in SQL, server side scripting in PHP, client-side scripting in JavaScript and additional markup languages, such as HTML and XML.