What is Big Data ? It is now time to answer an important question – What is Big Data? Big data, as defined by Wikipedia, is this: “Big data is a broad term for data sets so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate. Challenges include analysis , capture, data curation , search, sharing , storage , transfer , visualization , querying and information privacy . The term often refers simply to the use of predictive analytics or certain other advanced methods to extract value from data, and seldom to a particular size of data set.” In simple terms, Big Data is data that has the 3 characteristics that we mentioned in the last section – • It is big – typically in terabytes or even petabytes • It is varied – it could be a traditional database, it could be video data, log data, text data or even voice data • It keeps increasing as new data keeps flowing in This kin...
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