Meta most commonly refers to: Meta (prefix), a common affix and word in English ( in Greek) Meta Platforms, an American multinational technology conglomerate (formerly Facebook, Inc.)
Meta or META may also refer to:
Businesses Meta (academic company), performing analysis of scientific literature (2009–2022) Meta (augmented reality company), a maker of digital eyewear (2013–2019) Meta Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian airline (1991–2011; formerly META) MetaBank, an American bank (founded 1954; now Pathward)
Computing Meta element (<meta … >), an (X)HTML tag giving a webpage's metadata Metadata, data about data META II, a compiler-writing language Meta key, a modifier key on 1970s, 1980s workstations FF Meta, a typeface Metasequoia (software), a 3D graphics package Metaverse, social 3D virtual worlds Imagination META, a microprocessor Meta-Wiki, a co-ordinating Wikimedia wiki
Entertainment Metagame, or meta, an approach to gaming outside prescribed rules Meta, a pole marking racetrack turns in a Roman circus Meta (Assemblage 23 album), 2007 Meta (Car Bomb album), 2016 Meta, a 2016 album by Thy Catafalque META, a 2023 album by PinocchioP
People Meta (name), list of people with the given name or surname Pseudonym of contemporary artist Margaret Kilgallen (1967–2001)
Places
Colombia Meta Department Meta River, an Orinoco tributary
Italy Meta, Campania, in Naples province Monti della Meta, an Apennine massif Monte Meta (or La Meta), its main peak
United States
Meta, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Meta, Missouri, a city
Elsewhere Meta (district), Oromia, Ethiopia 1050 Meta, a stony main-belt asteroid Meta River, a tributary of the Desna in Ukraine
Science and technology Meta (chemistry), a nomenclature prefix for substituents or dehydration Meta (spider), a long-jawed orb-weaver genus 1050 Meta, a stony main-belt asteroid Megachannel ExtraTerrestrial Assay, a predecessor to the SETI project META fuel, a solid fuel
Other uses Meta (mythology), first wife of Aegeus, mythical king of Athens Metaʼ language, spoken in Cameroon Middle East Theatre Academy, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
See also
Mata (disambiguation) Metta (disambiguation) Metalanguage (disambiguation) Hyper (disambiguation) Super (disambiguation) Metanoia (theology) Metastasis, in medicine