Metadata

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

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.”

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