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what does meta do?

sir,
whenever i open any page from net using notepad, it contains a word called "meta".
what is it used for?
Asked by Arpitha H Gowda | Sep 5, 2009 |  Reply now
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View sanjay s nair 's Profile
Hi

Usage: -
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<head>
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials" />
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,XML,JavaScript" />
<meta name="author" content="Hege Refsnes" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" />
</head>

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Metadata is information about data.

The <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 <meta> tag always goes inside the head element.

The metadata can be used by browsers (how to display content or reload page), search engines (keywords), or other web services.
Sep 6, 2009