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meta tag

American

[met-uh-tag] / ˈmɛt əˌtæg /

Or metatag

noun

Digital Technology.

a tag in HTML that is inserted at the top of a web page chiefly to describe its content and provide keywords for use by search engines.

meta tag British

/ ˈmɛtəˌtæɡ /

noun

an element of HTML that describes the contents of a Web page, and is placed near the beginning of the page's source code, and used by search engines to index pages by subject

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Etymology

Origin of meta tag

First recorded in 1995–2000

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“People can prove whose phone it came from when using meta tag information, not to mention other identifying marks.”

From Forbes ● Apr. 10, 2013

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