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metadata

/ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
  2. Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).

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Sources

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