meta tag

or met·a·tag

[ met-uh-tag ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. 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

/ ˈmɛtəˌtæɡ /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of meta tag¹

First recorded in 1995–2000