big data

bɪɡ ˈdeɪtə

Definition

Definition of big data - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

large datasets

TECH.

very large sets of information needing special tools to analyze

TECH.

Big data helps companies understand customer behavior.
Companies analyze big data to personalize user experiences.
Researchers rely on big data to model disease spread.

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Expressions with big data

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big data management

techniques for storing and analyzing large data

Effective big data management can improve decision-making.

big data platform

system for processing large data sets

The company uses a big data platform to analyze customer behavior.

big data analytics

tools and techniques for analyzing large data sets

Companies use big data analytics to gain insights from their data.

big data mining

process of analyzing large datasets to find patterns

Big data mining helps companies understand customer behavior.

Expressions with big

big brother

older male sibling in a family

My big brother taught me how to ride a bike.

big screen

large surface for projecting films in cinemas

The movie was amazing on the big screen.

big deal

something very important or significant

Winning the award was a big deal for her.

big fish

most notable or influential member of a group, person or thing

In our school, she was the big fish in the debate club.

big as a house

adj.

extremely large in size or amount

The new sofa is big as a house and takes up the whole room.

big heart

kind and generous nature

She has a big heart and always helps others.

Expressions with data

massage the data

change numbers or information to make results look better

They tried to massage the data before the report was published.

a flood of data

overwhelming amount of information to process

The researchers faced a flood of data from the new study.

torture the data

manipulate data to get desired results

The scientist decided to torture the data to support his hypothesis.

basic data

essential simple facts or figures needed to describe or understand something

The form asks for basic data like your name and address.

customer data

information collected about buyers such as identities purchases and contact details

The company uses customer data to improve its marketing campaigns.

data collector

person whose job is to gather information for some purpose

The company hired a data collector to interview customers after each visit.

data entry

job of entering data into computer systems

She works in data entry at a large corporation.

output data

data produced by a system after processing given information

The program writes the output data to a file for later analysis.

data sharing

practice of giving information to other people groups or systems

Clear rules for data sharing were written into the contract.

data-backed

adj.

supported or proven by information or facts

We made a data-backed decision for the project.

Terms with big data included in their meaning

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data scientist

data analysis

person skilled at finding patterns in big sets of data

big data platform

data management

software for managing big data

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French:données massives, ...
German:Big Data, ...
Italian:big data, ...
Spanish:big data, ...
Portuguese:big data, ...
Chinese:大数据, ...
Japanese:ビッグデータ, ...
Arabic:بَيَانَات ضَخْمَة, ...
Hebrew:בִּיג דֵאטָה, ...
Russian:большие данные, ...
Ukrainian:великі дані, ...
Hindi:बिग डेटा, ...
Bengali:বিগ ডেটা, ...
Catalan:big data, ...
Czech:big data, ...
Danish:big data, ...
Dutch:big data, ...
Greek:μεγάλα δεδομένα, ...
Hungarian:big data, ...
Khmer:ទិន្នន័យធំ, ...
Korean:빅데이터, ...
Persian:داده‌های حجیم, ...
Polish:big data, ...
Portuguese (BR):big data, ...
Romanian:big data, ...
Swedish:stordata, ...
Thai:ข้อมูลขนาดใหญ่, ...
Turkish:büyük veri, ...
Vietnamese:dữ liệu lớn, ...

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