AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is metadata?
Metadata: Data that describes other data, such as a file's size, creation time, owner and type, rather than its content. It helps systems organise, search and manage data.
Metadata: an example
A photo's metadata may record the camera model and the time and place it was taken.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- MIME type
- Moore's law
- Multiprocessing
- Multithreading
- Mutex
- Nameserver
- Network address translation
- Network protocol
Where you learn it
Metadata is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.