Chapter 11, Problem 11.1RQ

Program Plan Intro

(a)

Definition of Hadoop.

Explanation of Solution

Hadoop is an open source platform that processes a massive amount of data by distributing the data and processing tasks among multiple commodity servers. It is an implementation framework of MapReduce algorithm.

Program Plan Intro

(b)

Definition of MapReduce.

Explanation of Solution

MapReduce is a programming model that plays an important role in the processing and generation of bigt data sets with parallel and distributed algorithm on a cluster. It is a composition of two parts: Map procedure and Reduce Method.

Map procedure is used for sorting and filtering while reduce method deals with the summary operations.

Program Plan Intro

(c)

Definition ofHDFS.

Explanation of Solution

HDFS stands for Hadoop Distributed File System. HDFS manages and stores a large data set in the distributed environment. It breaks data into small chunks called as blocks.

Program Plan Intro

(d)

Definition of NoSQL.

Explanation of Solution

NoSQL stands for not only SQL. It is mainly used in large sets of distributed data. In NoSQL, data is stored in tables and before building the database and designing of database schema.

Program Plan Intro

(e)

Definition of Pig.

Explanation of Solution

Pig is an open source tool that is associated with the MapReduce programming to integrate scripting language and a simplified execution environment.

Program Plan Intro

(f)

Definition of Data Mining.

Explanation of Solution

Data mining is a technique of processing large data sets by analyzing hidden patterns of data into useful information. It blends different techniques like traditional statistics, computer graphics, and machine learning.

Program Plan Intro

(g)

Definition of Online Analytical Processing.

Explanation of Solution

Online analytical processing is a technique used to view multiple databases at a time to answer multidimensional analytical queries.

Program Plan Intro

(h)

To define Business Intelligence

Explanation of Solution

Business Intelligence is a technique used by managers, executives and other corporate end users for analyzing the data and information forbetter decision making.