I am sure most of the students have heard the name Big Data Hadoop but don’t know what exactly it is. No worries. It does sound like some sci-fi term having a heavy weight. Here we are going to know about what is Big Data Hadoop and its amazing features. So let’s rock n roll.
Actually, Big Data and Hadoop are two different concepts but in practice, we call it big data Hadoop.
Big Data Hadoop is a made up of a combination of two different terms Big data and Hadoop. Before moving forward with the amazing facts one should know what is big data and what is Hadoop? Lets start with some basic concepts:-
What is Big Data
Basically, data is the plural form of the datum which means a single piece of information. But generally, we use data as both singular and plural. Data are facts, figures and statistics collected together for research, reference and analysis purpose. Data can exist in the variety of forms – as numbers or texts as bits and bytes or as facts and figures.
Note- Bits and bytes are used to measure data like we use gm and kg to measure weight.
Big data is a concept that describes enormous amount of data or a large volume of data collected over a period of time– both organized and unorganized. Every passing day, we create quintillions bytes of data out of which 80% are unorganized/unstructured.
As per a survey by IBM, 80% of data created today are from satellites used to gather climate information, social media sites, digital pictures and videos, GPS signals to name a few.