META Element | META Object

Conveys hidden information about the document to the server and the client.

HTML Syntax

<META
    CONTENT=description
    HTTP-EQUIV=response
    NAME=text
    TITLE=text
>

Remarks

The META element also embeds document information that some search engines use to index and categorize documents on the World Wide Web.

This element can be used only within the HEAD element.

The META element does not require a closing tag.

This element is available in HTML as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Members

META Members

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