metadata en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈmɛɾ.əˌdeɪ.ɾə] (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.tə/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
- [ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.ɾə] (Australia)
- /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data English metadata From meta- + data.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
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(uncountable) 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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Translations (31)
fa فراداده (data that describes data) · ar بَيَانَات وَصْفِيَّة (data that describes data) · ja メタデータ (data that describes data) · id metadata (data that describes data) · pl metadane (data that describes data) · de Metadaten (data that describes data) · es metadatos (data that describes data) · fi metadata (data that describes data) · uk метада́ні (data that describes data) · fr métadonnées (data that describes data) · ko 메타데이터 (data that describes data) · bg метада́нни (data that describes data) · ka მეტამონაცემები (data that describes data) · ka მეტა-მონაცემები (data that describes data) · is lýsigögn (data that describes data) · pt metadata (data that describes data) · ru метада́нные (data that describes data) · vi siêu dữ liệu (data that describes data) · hu leíró adat (data that describes data) · pt metadados (data that describes data) · nl metadata (data that describes data) · el μεταδεδομένα (data that describes data) · ca metadades (data that describes data) · gl metadatos (data that describes data) · eo meta-dateno (data that describes data) · sv metadata (data that describes data) · cmn 元數據 /元数据 (data that describes data) · nl metagegevens (data that describes data) · fi metatieto (data that describes data) · tr üstveri (data that describes data) · hu metaadat (data that describes data)