## Client Pull

Client pull provides the ability to automatically load a new document in the specified time or reload a document on a regular basis. Internet Explorer supports client pull using the META element. The META element must be inside the HEAD element of the HTML document. For instance, META HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH CONTENT=2 reloads a document every two seconds. Setting the HTTP-EQUIV= attribute to REFRESH gives the instruction to reload. The CONTENT= attribute specifies the time in seconds that the page refreshes. You can specify any URL in the element. If no URL is specified, the current document is reloaded. The META element also has several other functions, such as specifying keywords for Web search engines to use for indexing. Read more about META in the HTML Reference, and see the following chapter regarding character sets.

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