big data

Question 1

Big Data

Answer 1

data that won’t fit the usual containers

Question 2

big data in terms of volume

Answer 2

too big to fit into a single server

Question 3

big data in terms of velocity

Answer 3

streaming data, milliseconds to seconds to respond

Question 4

big data in terms of variety

Answer 4

data in many forms such as structured, unstructured, text, multimedia.

Question 5

what happens when data sizes are so big as not to fit on to a single server

Answer 5

the processing must be distributed across more than one machine

functional programming is a solution, because it makes it easier to write correct and efficient distributed code

Question 6

features of functional programming make it easier to write

Answer 6

correct code

code that can be distributed to run across more than one server.

Question 7

what big data is

Answer 7

data may lack a structure
data will not fit on one server
data must be processed at high velocity

Question 8

challenges that big data might have

Answer 8

cannot be stored on one server
data cannot be represented in a table
unstructured data are difficult to analalyse
cannot process data quickly with one computer

Question 9

how to overcome the challenges big data might have

Answer 9

distribute database systems across multiple servers
use of functional programming
function to data model