TRADITIONAL DATA
•Data is the foundation of data science; it is the material on
which
all
the analyses
are based. In the context of data
science, there are
two
types of
data:
traditional
and
big data.
•Traditional data is
data
that
is
structured
and
stored
in databases which can be managed from one computer;
it
is in
table
format, containing numeric
or text values.
BIG
DATA
•This
is
extremely
large
data,
distributed across a
network of
computers, but
it is
not just
characterized
by its
volume. This
data can
be in
various
formats;
it
can
be
structured,
semi-structured or unstructured.
•You
will
often
see
big
data
characterized by the following;
-Variety – numbers, text, but also images, audio,
mobile
data, etc.
Big
data
can
be
in
various
formats
-Velocity – it is retrieved and computed in real time
-Volume
–
big
data
is
measured
in
tera-, peta-,
exa-
bytes
(that’s
1
million
terabytes).
WHAT DO YOU DO TO DATA