The Higgs Mechanism is a process in particle physics that explains how particles acquire mass. It involves the interaction of particles with the Higgs Field, a field that permeates the universe. When particles move through this field, they experience resistance, which manifests as mass. This mechanism is crucial for understanding the mass of fundamental particles like W and Z bosons. Proposed in the 1960s by physicist Peter Higgs and others, the Higgs Mechanism is a key component of the Standard Model of particle physics. The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider provided strong evidence for this theory, confirming the role of the Higgs Field in giving mass to particles.