metadata
nounUK /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/ · CA, US /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
Etymology From meta- + data.
1
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.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.
- Derived terms
- metadata registry
- Related terms
- metainformation, tag