Usually means: Data that describes other data.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word metadata:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. metadata: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. metadata: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metadata: Vocabulary.com
  4. Metadata, metadata: Wordnik
  5. metadata: Wiktionary
  6. metadata: Dictionary.com
  7. Metadata (CLI), Metadata (computing), Metadata: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. metadata: Rhymezone
  9. metadata: Free Dictionary
  10. metadata: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. metadata: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electronic Commerce Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metadata: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Metadata, metadata: CCI Computer
  3. Metadata: Database Glossary
  4. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  5. Metadata: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. Metadata: Linktionary Networking Glossary
  7. Webopedia (No longer online)
  8. Metadata (computers), Metadata (computing), Metadata (corporation), metadata: Encyclopedia
  9. Windows API Guide (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Archeological Collections Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. metadata: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
noun:  (computing) Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last modified, file format, file fingerprint, etc).

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