metalayer

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ layer

Noun

metalayer (plural metalayers)

  1. A layer of layers; a layer existing at the metalevel.
    • 2002, David B. Leake, Yolanda Gil, IUI 02: 2002 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, page 75:
      That is, each sketch has a special layer, the metalayer. Every other layer in the sketch appears as a glyph on the metalayer. The content of these glyphs is the content of the layer they depict.
    • 2016, Dimitris N. Chorafas, Enterprise Architecture and New Generation Information Systems, page 35:
      Also, many companies do not possess the necessary methodology for creation of the metalayer: the enterprise-wide business architecture which uses a high level of consistency in its interfaces.
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