METADATA Definition & Meaning

metadata

[ met-uh-dey-tuh, ‐-�岹��-uh, ‐-�岹��-��uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(usually used with a singular verb)

data that describes, annotates, or gives information about other data, including but not limited to tags in a programming code, information about a digital file's characteristics, or a library catalog showing the location and call number of books: In their surveillance operations, intelligence agencies were able to access such metadata as the phone numbers involved and duration of phone calls.
Search engine spiders use content and HTML metadata to index websites.
In their surveillance operations, intelligence agencies were able to access such metadata as the phone numbers involved and duration of phone calls.

metadata

plural noun

computing information that is held as a description of stored data

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of metadata¹

First recorded in 1965–70; meta- (in the sense “analyzing material at a higher level”) + data ( def )

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In addition to customers’ genetic information, 23andMe is also in possession of other highly sensitive data, “extensive questionnaires and additional metadata about individuals,” Erika Gray, co-founder and chief medical officer of Toolbox Genomics, told Salon.

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Unlike many platforms, Signal does not store metadata about who users communicate with, when or where.

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Los Angeles County, on the other hand, waited just three weeks before deploying Genasys in early December, according to metadata from archived alerts.

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His company uses AI models to collate detailed metadata and intelligence to create archives of the continent’s diverse music heritage.

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The co-conspirator is said to have supplied him with thousands of tracks a month in exchange for track metadata, such as song and artist names, as well as a monthly cut of streaming revenue.

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