metadata

metadata definition - telecom
From the Greek meta, meaning beside or after, and the Latin datum, meaning what is given. Data about data, that is, data that describes other data. For example, the title, subject, publisher, and author comprise metadata about its contents.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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