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metadata
noun
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COMPUTERS
met‧a‧da‧ta
[
plural, uncountable
]
TD
information that describes what is contained in large computer
database
s
, for example who wrote the information, what it is for, and in what form it is stored
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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