metadata

ˈme.təˌdeɪ.tə

Definition

Definition of metadata - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

information

TECH.

data that provides information about other data

TECH.

The metadata of the photo includes the camera settings used..

data

TECH.

structured information about a file

TECH.

The metadata shows the file's creation date and author.

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Origin of metadata

Modern English, meta (beyond) + data (information)

Terms with metadata included in their meaning

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hashtag

internet

metadata tag used to categorize social media content

tagging

metadata

act of adding metadata to content

tag

technology

mark with metadata for classification

annotation

technology

metadata added to a document or program

access time

file record

metadata showing last file access

manifest

technology

file with metadata about other files

data dictionary

database metadata

structured repository of data about database contents

data dictionary

technology

document describing data and metadata in a system

Examples of metadata in a sentence

Researchers analyzed the metadata to understand the data's origin.
Metadata helps in organizing digital libraries.
The software automatically updates the metadata.

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French:métadonnées, ...
German:Metadaten, ...
Italian:metadati, ...
Spanish:metadatos, ...
Portuguese:metadados, ...
Chinese:元数据, 后设数据, ...
Japanese:メタデータ, ...
Arabic:بَيَانَات وَصْفِيَّة, ...
Hebrew:מֵטָא־דֵאטָה, מֵטָא נְתוּנִים, ...
Russian:метаданные, ...
Ukrainian:метадані, ...
Hindi:मेटाडेटा, सूचनाविवरण, ...
Bengali:মেটাডেটা, ফাইল সম্পর্কে গঠিত বর্ণনামূলক তথ্য, ...
Catalan:metadades, ...
Czech:metadata, metainformace, ...
Danish:metadata, filinformation, ...
Dutch:metadata, ...
Greek:μεταδεδομένα, δεδομένα περιγραφής, ...
Hungarian:metaadat, leíró adat, ...
Khmer:ទិន្នន័យមេតា, ទិន្នន័យពិពណ៌នា, ...
Korean:메타데이터, 자료 정보, ...
Persian:فراداده, اطلاعات توصیفی فایل, ...
Polish:metadane, ...
Portuguese (BR):metadados, ...
Romanian:metadate, date despre fișier, ...
Swedish:metadata, ...
Thai:ข้อมูลเมตา, เมทาดาทา, ...
Turkish:meta veriler, ...
Vietnamese:siêu dữ liệu, thông tin có cấu trúc về tệp tin, ...

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Origin of metadata

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