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See also: meta data

English

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Etymology

From meta- + data.

Pronunciation

Noun

metadata (uncountable)

  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. (computing) 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English metadata. Equivalent to meta- + data.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.taːˌdaː.taː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧da‧ta

Noun

metadata pl (plural only)

  1. metadata
    Synonym: metagegevens

Finnish

Etymology

From English metadata. Equivalent to meta- + data.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɑˌdɑtɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑ̝ˌdɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ta‧da‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): meta‧data

Noun

metadata

  1. metadata

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

Borrowed from English metadata.

Pronunciation

Noun

metadata (plural metadata-metadata)

  1. (information science) metadata

Derived terms

  • metadata administratif
  • metadata deskriptif
  • metadata geospasial
  • metadata struktural

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Noun

metadata f (uncountable)

  1. metadata (data that describes other data)
    Synonym: metadados

Swedish

Noun

metadata c

  1. metadata; data about data, information about information

Usage notes

  • Rarely inflected. Both common gender (metadatan) and neuter (metadatat) have been used. See data.
  • metadatahantering
  • metadataschema
  • metadatastruktur

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