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In Epistemology , the prefix meta- is used to mean ''about (its own category)''. For example, Metadata is data about data (who has produced it, when, what format the data is in and so on). Similarly, Meta-memory in psychology means an individual's intuition about whether or not they would remember something if they concentrated on recalling it. Any subject can be said to have a ''meta-theory'', which is the theoretical consideration of its foundations and methods. Another, slightly different interpretation of this term is "about" but not "on". For example, a grammar is considered as a and Meta-knowledge . The prefix is derived by Back-formation from the Ancient Greek Preposition and Prefix ''meta-'' (μετά) which meant either ''"after"'' or ''"beside"''. This prefix occurred in the name of one part of Aristotle 's works, the Metaphysics , which originally meant simply "(the parts that come) after physics". The title was later understood to mean "(that which is) beyond physics", and ''meta-'' was thus re-analysed as meaning ''"beyond"''. SEE ALSO
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