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meta data

meta data is the misspelling of metadata.

Meaning of metadata

Noun

metadata (uncountable)

  1. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
    • Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay out the content on the screen.
  2. Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).
    • That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop.

Questions about meta data

What is meta data the misspelling of?
Meta data is the misspelling of metadata.

Words near meta data in the dictionary

  1. met-wands
  2. met.
  3. meta
  4. meta bias
  5. meta biases
  6. meta data
  7. meta key
  8. meta keys
  9. meta model
  10. meta models
  11. meta tag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meta data (page history and authors); metadata (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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