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Bilal Junaidy
1,775 PointsMeta information
Could someone please explain me what the meta tag included in the end actually means
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Sergio Romo Medina
4,522 PointsThe <meta> tag provides metadata about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable.
Meta elements are typically used to specify page description, keywords, author of the document, last modified, and other metadata.
The metadata can be used by browsers (how to display content or reload page), search engines (keywords), or other web services.
Attributes
1.Charset: Value:character_set.
Description: Specifies the character encoding for the HTML document.
2.Content: Value: 1. text. Description: Gives the value associated with the http-equiv or name attribute.
3.http-equiv: Value: 1.content-type. 2.default-style. 3.refresh. Description: Provides an HTTP header for the information/value of the content attribute.
4.Name: Value: 1.application-name. 2.author. 3.description. 4.generator. 5.keywords . Description: Specifies a name for the metadata.