metadata
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
The English word “metadata” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
- Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).
Etymology
From meta- + data.
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