The HTML <head>
tag is a part of HTML document that executed by the web browser but doesn’t display directly to the web page. In general, we use the <head>
tag to set the browser information like the page title, page icon, add stylesheet or JavaScript, keywords and etc.
HTML Head Element
To use the <head>
element, we frequently use the following tags.
<title>
: To define the title of the web page.<meta>
: To define the basic meta information of the website like page description, keywords, author and viewport.<link>
: To link with the current or external resources. It’s also a way to include external CSS stylesheet.<style>
: To include the inline CSS code for website layout.<script>
: To include both inline and external JavaScript to add interactive action and dynamically change the content.<base>
: To change the default base web address to specific one on all the links of current page.