Big data

Post date: Mar 20, 2013 8:55:23 AM

During past 18 hours the data that has been created is more than the data that has been created from the history of human being until 2003 , Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data — so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. This data comes from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, and cell phone GPS signals to name a few. This data is big data.

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