what is this metadata. Will u give me a definition?

Thanks to everybody
Sabu

Hi,
Check out the below links in MSDN. There is an exhaustive documentation on metadata and portable executable(PE) file.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8dkk3ek4(vs.80).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2c3d7zbc.aspx



Regards,
Karthik Simha

In short...
NET metadata, in the Microsoft .NET framework, refers to code that describes .NET CILcode. Metadata describes all classes and class members that are defined in the assembly, and the classes and class members that the current assembly will call from another assembly.