Big Data explained! Big Data is everywhere. Everyone knows it, everyone is talking about it. But what exactly is Big Data? “How big, really, is Big Data? This is actually a very intriguing question whose answer seems to lack consensus at the moment but whose ambiguity has not stopped the use of the term. A … Read more
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Database, DBMS Management Systems and Development Processes Databases are the key to accessing information we use everyday in our lives. Databases integrate data and DBMSs create, modify and access databases using query languages. Database gives flexibility for many people to access or for people to access only certain parts through the use of permissions or … Read more
What is metadata a Gentle Introduction to metadata In this article we take a simplistic view to metadata, in general ‘meta-data’ is summarised as ‘data about data’ and can be actually applied to anything. It is possible to describe a file on a computer in exactly the same way as one would describe a piece … Read more