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metadata
[ met-uh-dey-tuh, ‐-dat-uh, ‐-dah-tuh ]
noun
- data that describes, annotates, or gives information about other data, including but not limited to tags in a programming code, information about a digital file's characteristics, or a library catalog showing the location and call number of books: In their surveillance operations, intelligence agencies were able to access such metadata as the phone numbers involved and duration of phone calls.
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In their surveillance operations, intelligence agencies were able to access such metadata as the phone numbers involved and duration of phone calls.
metadata
plural noun
- computing information that is held as a description of stored data
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Example Sentences
That was a failure of intelligence, and they had all the metadata in the world.
When asked, “Is metadata retained after video files are destroyed?”
The bit rates were poor, metadata inconsistent or nonexistent.
First, the NSA will no longer itself hold the vast store of telephone metadata.
Once the NSA has the metadata in its system, it retains it for five years, before destroying it on a rolling basis.
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