I disagree. People reading a book on how to write HTML already have an idea of what it is — why else would they read the book? And, in any case, explaining wha

I disagree. People reading a book on how to write HTML already have an idea of what it is — why else would they read the book? And, in any case, explaining what HTML stands for does not get anyone closer to understanding what it is. I think it's a feature that this book doesn't throw technical jargon at the reader before they've even created anything useful yet.