What is the use of meta tag in HTML ?

Meta tag is considered less important nowadays due to the fact that Google stopped its support to meta keywords.
 
The <meta> tag provides metadata about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable. Meta elements are typically used to specify page description, keywords, author of the document, last modified, and other metadata.
 
tag provides metadata about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable.
 
Meta tags are a great way for webmasters to provide search engines with information about their sites
generally look like this:
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="Description" CONTENT="Author: A.N. Author, Illustrator: P. Picture, Category: Books, Price: £9.24, Length: 784 pages">
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="+nxGUDJ4QpAZ5l9Bsjdi102tLVC21AIh5d1Nl23908vVuFHs34="/>
<title>Example Books - high-quality used books for children</title>
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow">
 
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