What is a Web Page ?
A web page is a text documet that is stored on a computer. When you type in a URL (web address) your computer sends out a signal to go get that file. The program we use to send that request is called a web browser and we also use the web browser to display that file after it is retrieved.
What you see on the screen is not what the file really looks like. It really looks something like this.
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to my web page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>HELLO WORLD !</p>
<p>This is my first web page.</p>
</body>
</html>
The web browser receives instructions inside of the document that tells it how to display the information.
If you would like to see what this page really looks like, you can go to the menu bar of your web browser and under the View option click View Source.
If you did this, you should see something that looks like this.
Scarey looking isn't it?