Computing - Big Data
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What is big data?
Data that is collected on such a large scale that it cannot easily be analysed.
What are the three Vs of Big Data?
- Volume
- Velocity
- Variety
What does Volume mean in Big Data?
Data is huge, too big to be handeled on one server.
What does Velocity mean in Big Data?
Data is created very quickly.
What does Variety mean in Big Data?
Lots of different types of data is created.
Why is functional programming used with Big Data?
Because it offers benefits like immutability.