| − | '''HTML''' or '''Hypertext Markup Language''' is a system of codes used to create and design HTML documents. These documents can be viewed by a browser as web pages. | + | '''HTML''' or '''Hypertext Markup Language''' is a system of codes used to create and design HTML documents. These documents can be viewed by a browser as web pages, read aloud by a screen reader, or interpreted by other user agents. The HTML standard is maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium. |