metadata

English Online Dictionary. What means metadata‎? What does metadata mean?

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ data.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/, [ˈmɛɾ.əˌdeɪ.ɾə]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.tə/, [ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.ɾə]

Noun

metadata (uncountable)

1. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.

2. (computing) Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).

Derived terms

• metadata registry

Related terms

• metainformation

Translations

See also

• tag

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.taːˌdaː.taː/
• 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
• Hyphenation^(key): meta‧data

Noun

metadata

1. metadata

Declension

Synonyms

• metatieto

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.

Related terms

• metadatahantering
• metadataschema
• metadatastruktur