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Sets or retrieves meta-information to be associated with HTTP-EQUIV or NAME.

Inline	<META CONTENT = sDescription...>
Script	meta.content = sDescription ]

sDescription

String specifying the meta-information.

The property is read/write with no default value.

The following example causes the browser to reload the document every two seconds.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT=2>

This example sets the character set for the document.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
  CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=Windows-1251">

META