metadata

See also: meta data

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ data

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

metadata (uncountable)

  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) 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.

Translations

See also

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.taːˌdaː.taː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧da‧ta

Noun

metadata pl (plural only)

  1. metadata
    Synonym: metagegevens

Finnish

Etymology

From English metadata.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɑdɑtɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑˌdɑt̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ta‧da‧ta

Noun

metadata

  1. 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
metadatainrare
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
instructive — metadatoin
abessive metadatatta metadatoitta
comitative — metadatoineen
Possessive forms of metadata (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person metadatani metadatamme
2nd person metadatasi metadatanne
3rd person metadatansa

Synonyms

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈda.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈda.ta/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐˈda.tɐ/ [ˌmɛ.tɐˈða.tɐ]

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.
  • metadatahantering
  • metadataschema
  • metadatastruktur
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