What (who) is meta - definition
GREEK PREFIX: PREFIX OF ABSTRACTION
Meta-; Meta-level; Meta (prefix); META; The Metacorder; Metadistro; Meta nigra; Meta level; Metalevel; Metarule
![An example of [[self-referential humor]] on a wall in Paris, which requires an understanding of both the text and the transcending context through which the text is read.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Humoristic grafitti (cropped).jpg?width=200 "An example of [[self-referential humor]] on a wall in Paris, which requires an understanding of both the text and the transcending context through which the text is read.")
meta
Prefix. Dealing with topic rather than information - e.g., an online diary about other online diaries.
Why can't we see fewer meta sites and more original content?
Why can't we see fewer meta sites and more original content?
META
<language> The assembly language for the CYBER 200,
developed at CDC ca 1977.
[CDC Pub 60256020 ].
[Jargon File ]
(1994-11-16)
meta
<philosophy> /me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ A
prefix meaning one level of description higher. If X is some
concept then meta-X is data about, or processes operating on,
X.
For example, a metasyntax is syntax for specifying syntax,
metalanguage is a language used to discuss language,
meta-data is data about data, and meta-reasoning is
reasoning about reasoning.
This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humour
turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels.
[Jargon File ]
(1999-04-06)
Wikipedia
Meta
Meta (from the Greek μετά, meta, meaning "after" or "beyond") is a prefix meaning "more comprehensive" or "transcending".
In modern nomenclature, meta- can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or endeavor (metatheory: theory about a theory; metamathematics: mathematical theories about mathematics; meta-axiomatics or meta-axiomaticity: axioms about axiomatic systems; metahumor: joking about the ways humor is expressed; etc.).
Pronunciation examples for meta
1. ALEX BANAYAN: Very meta.
The Third Door _ Alex Banayan _ Talks at Google
2. called meta-cognition.
Mastering Skills for Success in Life _ Ulrich Boser _ Talks at Google
3. or meta stable positions.
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity _ Emily Lakdawalla _ Talks at Google
4. So it's very meta.
Laura Peticolas _ Talks at Google
5. meta-meeting in California,
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Examples of use of meta
1. The real issue –– the meta issue –– is, as usual, happiness.
2. It‘s no longer meta–political, its within a confined agenda,‘‘ continues Mr.
3. Diamond Pet Food, a family–owned company, is based in Meta, Missouri, outside Jefferson City.
4. Para cumplir esta meta final estan preparando una por una las condiciones necesarias.
5. La desnuclearizacion de la Peninsula Coreana es la meta final de la RPDC.