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meta-data
meta-datapl n1. (Communications & Information) computing information that is held as a description of stored datameta-data
meta-data (data)/me't*-day`t*/, or combinations of /may'-/ or(Commonwealth) /mee'-/; /-dah`t*/ (Or "meta data") Data aboutdata. In data processing, meta-data is definitional datathat provides information about or documentation of other datamanaged within an application or environment.
For example, meta-data would document data about data elements or attributes, (name, size, data type, etc) anddata about records or data structures (length, fields,columns, etc) and data about data (where it is located, how itis associated, ownership, etc.). Meta-data may includedescriptive information about the context, quality andcondition, or characteristics of the data.
Not to be confused with Metadata.MedicalSeemetadata |