Metadata

What do we mean by metadata?

Data that describes other data, as in describing the origin, structure, or characteristics of computer files, webpages, databases, or other digital resources. noun plural

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

Data about data noun

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

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

A fancy word for "information" invented by tech folks to make their jobs sound harder than they really are. Urban Dictionary

It's a word that actually refers to a very simple thing. In computer systems, metadata is basically the information of the file (i.e. file size, date created, date modified, etc.) Metadata is—for the most part—specific depending on the type of file. For music and video files, it can include information such as length, bitrate, artist, title, resolution, etc etc. Urban Dictionary

To release bowel movements, to take a dump. Urban Dictionary

Currency of 2019 - not every donkey understands how to manipulate it. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to metadata:
metadata, meta data, meta-data, matamata, metadrama, teradata.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word metadata:
jpeg, schema, extensible, geospatial, xml, keywords, archiving, repository, tags, annotations, tagging, indexing, nsa, interoperability, doi, file, markup, meta, files, registry, semantic, retrieval, stored, descriptive, sql, iec, relational, iso, harvesting, semantics, prism, database, data, attributes, encoding, directory, header, specification, query, storing, pdf, api, html, vocabulary, content, structured, definitions, server, attribute, embedded, web, document, specifications, catalog, mapping, description, interface, resource, search, contents, format, audio, tables, preservation, generic, framework, enables, object, dublin, information, automatically, digital, geographic, libraries, tools, user, archive, objects, binary, standards, storage, editing, automated, core, element, disk, describe, documents, images, package, java, privacy, protocol, supports, searching, google, image, standard, tool, describing.

Adjectives that are often used to describe metadata:
descriptive, additional, associated, semantic, structural, specific, technical, administrative, appropriate, based, level, related, relevant, content, geospatial, spatial, structured, standard, common, xml, available, necessary, rich, relational, basic, corresponding, contextual, bibliographic, digital, detailed, useful, textual, multimedia, embedded, meta, accurate, dependent, educational, statistical, dynamic, operational, extra, sufficient, standardized, defined, correct, extensive, time, adequate, hidden, arbitrary, global, external, essential, geographic, consistent, subject, explicit, raw, valuable, comprehensive, generated, key, called, complex, meaningful, underlying, static, component, quality, readable, richer, organizational.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective metadata:
driven, based, standards.

Consonant match to metadata:
meta data, meta-data.

Words that sound like metadata:
metadata, mendota, meted out, meditate, matata, meditator, meditates, mendieta, matador, meditating, meditated, meditative, matadore, mandato, metazoa, mazzotta, maldita, matatu, medida, matamata, master data, matita, matadi, mozzetta.