# Meta tag http-equiv?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meta-tag-http-equiv/174761>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 9, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meta-tag-http-equiv/174761 "2006-01-09T04:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![kitchie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kitchie/32/103_2.png) [@kitchie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kitchie)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meta-tag-http-equiv/174761/1 "2006-01-09T04:22:19Z")

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hi guys! i’m kinda workin’ on my meta tags, but i don’t understand what’s http-equiv for?

\<meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=iso-8859-1” /\>