Tag: definition
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Definition of Big Data
Big data is data that exceeds the processing capacity of conventional database systems. The data is too big, moves too fast, or doesn’t fit the strictures of your database architectures. To gain value from this data, you must choose an alternative way to process it. This definition is provided by Edd Dumbill, Editor-in-Chief of Big…
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What is a data scientist?
If I am going to create a blog about becoming a data scientist, I must at least provide some type of definition. One of the best definitions I have read is by Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist at Bit.ly, A data scientist is someone who can obtain, scrub, explore, model and interpret data, blending hacking, statistics,…