metadata
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See also: meta data
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/,
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmet.əˌdæɪ.tə/,
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈmeʈaːˌdeːʈaː/
Noun
metadata (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.
- (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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Translations
data that describes data
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English metadata. Equivalent to meta- + data.
Pronunciation
Noun
metadata pl (plural only)
- metadata
- Synonym: metagegevens
Finnish
Etymology
From English metadata. Equivalent to meta- + data.
Pronunciation
Noun
metadata
Declension
| Inflection of metadata (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metadata | metadatat | |
| genitive | metadatan | metadatojen | |
| partitive | metadataa | metadatoja | |
| illative | metadataan | metadatoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | metadata | metadatat | |
| accusative | nom. | metadata | metadatat |
| gen. | metadatan | ||
| genitive | metadatan | metadatojen metadatain rare | |
| partitive | metadataa | metadatoja | |
| inessive | metadatassa | metadatoissa | |
| elative | metadatasta | metadatoista | |
| illative | metadataan | metadatoihin | |
| adessive | metadatalla | metadatoilla | |
| ablative | metadatalta | metadatoilta | |
| allative | metadatalle | metadatoille | |
| essive | metadatana | metadatoina | |
| translative | metadataksi | metadatoiksi | |
| abessive | metadatatta | metadatoitta | |
| instructive | — | metadatoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English metadata.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mətaˈdata/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: me‧ta‧da‧ta
Noun
metadata (plural metadata-metadata)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “metadata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
metadata f (uncountable)
Swedish
Noun
metadata c
- metadata; data about data, information about information
Usage notes
- Rarely inflected. Both common gender (metadatan) and neuter (metadatat) have been used. See data.