HTML META <meta> Tag

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The META <meta> tag define metadata about the current HTML document. It will not be displayed on the page but will be machine parable.

The HTML Meta Tag is used to specify page description, keywords, author of the current document, last modified, and other metadata. The <meta> charset attribute declares the encoding of your document using a meta element with a charset attribute or using the HTTP-equiv and content attributes (called a pragma directive).

It helps to browsers readability. Its tels about your document language, and character encoding for the HTML documents.

Note:

The Meta Tag must be written inside the HTML Tag.

Syntax:

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="description" content="Free Web Tutorials">
  <meta name="keywords" content="HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript">
  <meta name="author" content="Coding Tag">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>