Definition of "tag" []

• A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label: sale tags on all coats and dresses. (noun)
• The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace. (noun)
• The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail. (noun)
• Sports A bright piece of feather, floss, or tinsel surrounding the shank of the hook on a fishing fly. (noun)
• A dirty, matted lock of wool. (noun)

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• "; '' '% tag%' '': A sanitized version of the tag name (tag slug field on New/Edit Tag panel)."
• "Matching an XHTML/XML tag (via immike. net) function get_tag ($tag, $xml) {"
• "Perfect example is when I see templates where the title tag is coded in h2 when h1 would be a little better."