CSS stands for "Cascading Style Sheets" and is a stylesheet language used in web development to style the appearance of HTML elements on a webpage. CSS allows the separation of content (HTML) and presentation (styling), enhancing the maintainability and flexibility of web pages.

With CSS, developers can control the look of elements on a webpage, including layout, colors, fonts, and more. Style rules are defined in a CSS document and then applied to HTML elements. Here's a simple example of CSS:

/* CSS rules for headings */
h1 {
    color: blue;
    font-size: 24px;
}

/* CSS rules for paragraphs */
p {
    color: black;
    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}

In this example, it is specified that all <h1> headings should appear in blue with a font size of 24 pixels. All <p> paragraphs should be black and use the Arial font or a sans-serif font.

Another important concept in CSS is "Cascading," which means that different style rules can be applied to an element, and the more specific rule takes precedence. This allows for flexible and extensible styling of web pages.

CSS is often used in combination with HTML and JavaScript to create fully interactive and visually appealing web pages.