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data dictionary

data dictionary noun: a document or repository that describes the data and metadata within a system.

Noun

data dictionary (plural data dictionaries)

  1. A document or repository that describes the data and metadata within a system.

Forms of data dictionary

pluraldata dictionaries

Questions about data dictionary

What does data dictionary mean?
Data dictionary means a document or repository that describes the data and metadata within a system.
What part of speech is data dictionary?
Data dictionary is a noun.
What is the plural of data dictionary?
The plural of data dictionary is data dictionaries.

Words near data dictionary in the dictionary

  1. data couplings
  2. data cube
  3. data cubes
  4. data custody
  5. data dictionaries
  6. data dictionary
  7. data division
  8. data divisions
  9. data domain
  10. data domains
  11. data dredging

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