Mars Inc. is a privately held company that produces some of the world's leading confectionery, food, pet care, beverage, electronics products, and now health food, and operates in more than 65 countries.
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The dictionary can provide a list of names, definitions and data elements to be captured in the system and includes metadataâor additional informationâabout each of those elements. Metadata is a way to organize data at its most basic level and helps in distilling large amounts of data for specific purposes.