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HTML attribute
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The
name
attribute of the

element provides metadata in name-value pairs.
When a

element has a
name
attribute, a
content
attribute defines the corresponding value.
The metadata is
document-level metadata
that applies to the whole page.
For example, the following

tag provides a
description
as metadata for a document:
html
name="description"
content="The HTML reference describes all elements and attributes of HTML, including global attributes that apply to all elements." />
Value
Meta names defined in the HTML specification
The HTML specification defines the following set of standard metadata names:
application-name
Browsers may use this to identify the application running in the web page.
It is different from the