[[HyperText Markup Language]] (HTML) is the modern standard for displaying and structuring [[web content]] across the [[internet]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=HTML Standard |url=https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=html.spec.whatwg.org}}</ref> HTML defines what elements will be displayed on a website, and how they will be arranged. All major [[Web browser|web browsers]] are designed to interpret HTML, and most modern websites serve HTML to the user.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=The web and web standards - Learn web development {{!}} MDN |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/The_web_and_web_standards |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=developer.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Hypertext]] is text displayed on a [[computer]] with references to other text, these references (or links,) are termed "[[Hyperlink|hyperlinks]]." When an internet user interacts with a hyperlinked item, the website serves the user the linked data. This data can be another HTML web-page, JavaScript, or anything else. The latest major release of HTML is [[HTML5]], originally published on October 28, 2014 as a [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] recommendation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2014 |title=HTML5 |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/SPSD-html5-20180327/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=w3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Web Standards |url=https://www.w3.org/standards/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=W3C |language=en}}</ref>
