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Of course, any foray into big data needs to start with the problem you’re trying to solve.

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an attempt to become involved in a different activity or profession

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Safety measures were carried out in compliance with paragraph 6 of the building regulations.

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the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority

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These types of security requirements need to be part of the big data fabric from the outset and not an afterthought.

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  1. the basic structure of a society, an organization, etc. that enables it to function successfully
    2.at/from the beginning of something
    3.a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned
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Your data architecture also needs to perform in concert with your organization’s supporting infrastructure.

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working together with somebody/something

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In particular, the innovations MapReduce, Hadoop, and Big Table proved to be the sparks that led to a new generation of data management.

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an action or event that causes something important to develop, especially trouble or violence

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This may be pedantic, but the philosophy of probability is both a gripping topic in itself and also has a major role in practical applications of statistics.

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  1. ​too worried about small details or rules
  2. exciting or interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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Don’t expect a neat consensus from “experts”.

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  1. simple but clever
  2. an opinion that all members of a group agree with
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Philosophers and statisticians have come up with an sorts of different ideas for what these elusive numbers actually mean, and argue intensively over them.

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  1. difficult to find, define or achieve
  2. in a way that involves a lot of work or activity done in a short time
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But this definition is somewhat circular, as we need to have a definition of “equally likely”.

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  1. to some degree
  2. using an idea or a statement to prove something that is then used to prove the idea or statement at the beginning
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enumerative probability, enumerate

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to name things on a list one by one

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propensity or “chance”

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a natural desire or need that makes you tend to behave in a particular way

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