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Metadata
/ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
📖 Definitions of "Metadata"
- 1
Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
"Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay out the content on the screen."
- 2
Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).
"That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Metadata"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cataloguernoun | One who catalogues. |
| metanoun | (by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard. |
| superioritynoun | The state of being superior. |
| msdsnoun | (chemicals) Initialism of material safety data sheet. |
| meta-datanoun | — |
| descriptorsnoun | That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description. |
| annotationsnoun | A comment added to a text. |
| tagsnoun | (heading) Physical appendage. |
| schemanoun | (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column. |
| taxonomynoun | (life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. |
| classificationnoun | The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes. |
| catalognoun | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of catalogue. [A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.] |
| indexnoun | An alphabetical listing of items and their location. |
| attributesnoun | A characteristic or quality of a thing. |
| propertiesnoun | Something that is owned. |
| headersnoun | The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. |
| labelsnoun | A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. |
| documentationnoun | Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea. |
| specificationnoun | An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service. |
| profilenoun | (countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object. |
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