BigQuery

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Definition

Google Cloud's serverless data warehouse for analyzing massive datasets quickly. Like having a super-computer that can answer complex questions about huge amounts of data in seconds.

Real-World Example

A media company uses BigQuery to analyze billions of user interactions to understand viewing patterns.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All are cloud data warehouse services for analytics at scale. BigQuery is fully serverless with on-demand or reserved capacity; Redshift and Synapse commonly use provisioned or capacity-based models (with serverless options available), and OCI ADW is an autonomous managed warehouse focused on automated tuning and operations.

AWS
Amazon Redshift
AZ
Azure Synapse Analytics
GCP
BigQuery
OCI
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW)

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