Nomen

die Metadaten

metadata

Jede Datei enthält Metadaten.

Every file contains metadata.

Die Metadaten beschreiben den Inhalt der Fotos.

The metadata describes the content of the photos.

((the metadata)) the metadata The metadata are stored in the file.

descriptive data

From 'Meta-' (about, beyond) + 'Daten' (data). Literally 'data about data'.

Think of a library card catalog. The card has 'meta' data (author, title) about the actual 'data' (the book).

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