BIG DATA Definition & Meaning

big data

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

Computers. data sets, typically consisting of billions or trillions of records, that are so vast and complex that they require new and powerful computational resources to process:
Supercomputers can analyze big data to create models of global climate change.

big data

plural noun

computing data held in such large amounts that it can be difficult to process

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of big data¹

First recorded in 1975–80, for an earlier sense

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“We weren’t able to process it. But that’s the game. It’s a big data race, with science and technology playing a huge role in baseball now. You can’t hate them for trying something new.”

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Xi Jinping announced soon after taking office that “whoever controls big data technologies will control the resources for development and have the upper hand.”

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The scientists tapped into big data on bird hand-wing index values.

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It’s the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge and one of the last big data releases of the year that the central bank will consider as it ponders when to lower borrowing costs further.

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Big data or not, if there is no guiding hand pressing landlords to keep prices high, a savvy competitor can always offer lower rents, fill more units, faster, and make more money.

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