metadata

1Example: Me
2Metadata: -Race: Human
3	      -Gender: Male
4          -Age: X

1a set of data that describes and gives information about other data.

1Metadata: data about data. 3 types:
2- Database Metadata
3DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData = connection.getMetaData();
4- Resultset Metadata
5ResultSetMetaData rsMetaData = resultSet.getMetaData();