What is the difference between <Meta NAME> and <Meta HTTP-EQUIV> tags?

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  1. jiten702

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    Hi all...

    What is the difference between <Meta NAME> and <Meta HTTP-EQUIV> tags?
     
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    <Meta HTTP-EQUIV>
    The http-equiv attribute provides an HTTP header for the information in the content attribute.

    The http-equiv attribute can be used to simulate an HTTP response header.

    The value of the http-equiv attribute depends on the value of the content attribute.

    If the name attribute is set, the http-equiv attribute should not be set.

    <meta name>

    The <meta> tag provides metadata about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable.
     
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    1>The keywords META tag is a META NAME tag because it has the word "name" in the code.

    2>EQUIV tags are rarer. The most common one is probably the Content-Type EQUIV tag.

    The difference between the two is that HTTP-EQUIV META tags define the header of an HTML document. This is a section of code that is sent to your browser before the rest of the page. It communicates to your browser certain introductory information about the page.


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    not know
     
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    hello guys, i am recently observed these meta tags in websites and their position in top rank <Meta NAME> and <Meta HTTP-EQUIV> .
    what are the difference between <META HTTP-EQUIV="keywords" and <meta name="keywords"
     

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