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Meaning of Metadata | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə

Definitions

  1. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
    uncountable
  2. Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).
    uncountable

Equivalents

العربية بَيَانَات وَصْفِيَّة دليل المعلومات. كما الفهرس في المكتبات العامّة
Català metadades
Deutsch Metadaten
Ελληνικά μεταδεδομένα
Español metadatos
Suomi metadata metatieto
Français métadonnées
Galego metadatos
Bahasa Indonesia metadata
Íslenska lýsigögn
日本語 メタデータ
한국어 메타데이터
Nederlands metadata metagegevens
Português metadados metadata
Русский метада́нные
Svenska metadata
Türkçe üstveri
Українська метадані
Tiếng Việt siêu dữ liệu

Examples

“Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay out the content on the screen.”
“That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

metadata registry metadatabase metadataset metadatum metadebate metadefinition

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