HTML Head

Within <HTML>, the document has two sections to it: <HEAD> and <BODY ...>.

<HEAD> is like the cover page of the document.
Just as the cover page of a book contains information about the book (such as the title), the <HEAD> section contains information about the document.

This information is communicated through the <TITLE> tag (which is required) and the <LINK ...> and <META ...> tags.

The title information inside a head element is not displayed in the browser window.

Information Inside the Head Element

The head element contains general information, also called meta-information, about a document. Meta means "information about".

The elements inside the head element should not be displayed by a browser.

According to the HTML standard, only a few tags are legal inside the head section.
These are: <base>, <link>, <meta>, <title>, <style>, and <script>.

<head>
<title>My page title</title>
</head>

Head Tags

Tag	Description
<head>	Defines information about the document
<title>	Defines the document title
<base>	Defines a base URL for all the links on a page
<link>	Defines a resource reference
<meta>	Defines meta information

Tag	Description
<!DOCTYPE>	Defines the document type. This tag goes before the <HTML> start tag.