What is it about “big data” that resists definition? Today we have myriad competing definitions that each attempt to circumscribe just what it is we mean when we talk about the idea of using “big data” to understand the world around us. The notion that the size, speed or modality of data warrants such a label falls apart when we recognize that every Google search involves analyzing a 100-petabyte archive using hundreds of query terms.
Source: forbes.com
Author: Kalev Leetaru
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