Data/ML/AITable-stakesLegacy

Big Data

Also written as Hadoop

Working with datasets too large or fast-moving for traditional single-machine tools, requiring distributed processing systems like Spark or Hadoop.

Think of it like

Like needing a fleet of moving trucks working in parallel instead of one pickup, because there's simply too much stuff for a single vehicle to haul.

Junior or senior?

Junior sounds like

Calls any dataset 'big data.'

Senior sounds like

Can name the actual scale that made a single-machine tool insufficient for their project.

Ask them

“What was the actual scale of data that made a single-machine tool insufficient for your project?”