Big Data- A Simple Explanation

In this tech-savvy world, everybody is busy with his/her smartphone- either watching the favorite show, reading stories, crawling on e-commerce sites, etc. Have you ever thought- how the technology made it possible that what every you read or watched on your smartphone comes suddenly on your social media websites. Itā€™s just because of Big Data.

Still not clear! Letā€™s understand it with one more example.

You add somebodyā€™s phone number on your smartphone and whenever you opened your Facebook or any social media website- that particular person comes to your ā€˜people you may knowā€™ list. Right! How?

Itā€™s all about Big Dataā€™s game. Have a look at the definition.

What is Big Data?

It is all about describing the data coming from multiple sectors in bulk accelerated with a super-speed. The technology helps in representing the data coming from different business types and business sizes. Data Analytics helps Big Data in describing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data easily.

Main Fundamentals of Big Data-

It works on 5 Vā€™s policy.

  • Volume- How much volume of data is coming instantly within a few seconds? Itā€™s the size of the data.
  • Velocity- At what speed data is coming from countless IOT systems and other internet processed systems.
  • Variety- Taking data from the diverse systems (wired or wireless devices) and adding them to a single place. It can be-
    • Structured
    • Unstructured
    • Semi-structured
  • Value- It is the exact value of the data which is useful.
  • Veracity- It refers to the quality of data.

I hope, now you are well aware of the Big data technology. Do you have any queries regarding- How it can help you in your business, or why you need to know more about this technology? Contact our experts. Or Click below to know more about-

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