The existing grid mechanism is used to provide a metadata registry. It defines high level APIs that manage transaction-based replication across multiple domains and move legacy software to the grid smoothly.
Source: tatoeba (4019836)
Metadata
//ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə//
Synonyms for "metadata"
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7 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَيَانَات وَصْفِيَّة noun (data that describes data)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метада́нни noun (data that describes data)
Catalan
1 entries- metadades noun (data that describes data)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 元數據 /元数据 noun (data that describes data)
Dutch
2 entries- metadata noun (data that describes data)
- metagegevens noun (data that describes data)
Esperanto
1 entries- meta-dateno noun (data that describes data)
Finnish
2 entries- metadata noun (data that describes data)
- metatieto noun (data that describes data)
French
1 entries- métadonnées noun (data that describes data)
Galician
1 entries- metadatos noun (data that describes data)
Georgian
2 entries- მეტა-მონაცემები noun (data that describes data)
- მეტამონაცემები noun (data that describes data)
German
1 entries- Metadaten noun (data that describes data)
Greek
1 entries- μεταδεδομένα noun (data that describes data)
Hungarian
2 entries- leíró adat noun (data that describes data)
- metaadat noun (data that describes data)
Icelandic
1 entries- lýsigögn noun (data that describes data)
Indonesian
1 entries- metadata noun (data that describes data)
Japanese
1 entries- メタデータ noun (data that describes data)
Korean
1 entries- 메타데이터 noun (data that describes data)
Persian
1 entries- فراداده noun (data that describes data)
Polish
1 entries- metadane noun (data that describes data)
Portuguese
2 entries- metadados noun (data that describes data)
- metadata noun (data that describes data)
Russian
1 entries- метада́нные noun (data that describes data)
Spanish
1 entries- metadatos noun (data that describes data)
Swedish
1 entries- metadata noun (data that describes data)
Turkish
1 entries- üstveri noun (data that describes data)
Ukrainian
1 entries- метада́ні noun (data that describes data)
Vietnamese
1 entries- siêu dữ liệu noun (data that describes data)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Its metadata can be used to track and target you.
Source: tatoeba (12488751)
Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay out the content on the screen.
Source: wiktionary
That photo's metadata suggests it was edited using Photoshop.
Source: wiktionary
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