Big data is a term you hear bandied about a lot these days, but what exactly does it mean?
Big data refers to any collection of information that is so large, you can’t use normal means to process it. For example, I can list all of the kids in the local elementary school on a spreadsheet then use conventional sort methods to find out how many are girls, how many are born in December, how many have siblings in the same school. Easy.
Now, suppose I want to mine that same information, but
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