Big Data

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Definition

Extremely large datasets that require special tools to store, process, and analyze. Like trying to organize all the books in every library in the world.

Real-World Example

Social media companies process big data to analyze billions of posts, likes, and user interactions to show relevant content.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These are managed big data processing services (primarily Apache Spark/Hadoop). They help run distributed jobs over very large datasets; each integrates with the provider’s storage, security, and monitoring.

AWS
Amazon EMR
AZ
Azure HDInsight
GCP
Dataproc
OCI
OCI Data Flow

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