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How do you spell metadata?

Metadata is spelled M-E-T-A-D-A-T-A as a single word. Meta data as two words is dated and meta-data with a hyphen is not standard.

Letter by letter

M-E-T-A-D-A-T-A

Spelling note

One word, no hyphen and no space. Treated as singular in most technical writing.

What it means for nature images

Metadata is information stored inside a file about the file: title, description, keywords and identifiers. It travels with the image wherever it goes.

Common misspellings

  • meta data → metadata
  • meta-data → metadata
  • metdata → metadata
  • metadeta → metadata

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