What is metadata?

In HTML, metadata refers to information about the webpage that isn't visible to users directly, but it provides important details to the browser and search engines.

Some common types of metadata include things like the page's title, description, keywords, author, and character encoding.

Metadata is usually placed inside the section of the HTML document, like this:

Since you're just getting started, you don't need to focus on metadata much. As you continue your web development journey, you'll gradually learn more about it and how it can help with SEO and other aspects of web development.

Hope this clears things up. Let me know if you have any confusion.