Set 1 Flashcards
What is a meta model?
A set of rules to frame a concept or idea – it defines a class of ideas and how to express it.
What is an example of structured data?
Money
It will always be a number and have two decimal places.
What is an example of unstructured data?
A picture
All unstructured data can be different but they all contain ideas and thoughts based on human understanding.
What are the four V’s of big data?
Volume
Variety
Veracity
Velocity
What is one definition of AI?
Artificial Intelligence is a field of study that tries to mimic human ways of learning in software.
What is one definition of machine learning?
Machine learning is a subcategory of AI focused on developing computer algorithms that improves a computer’s capability to process information through experience.
What is data theory?
Data theory is the study of optimizing how to store, organize, and retrieve data.
Technologies like MapReduce, NoSQL, and Hive don’t come from database people, instead ______
software engineers created it because they needed a way to manipulate massive datasets that traditional relational databases systems couldn’t provide.
What is a MOOC?
Massive Online Open Course
What does IRC stand for?
Internet relay chat
How many bits in a byte?
8 bits
What is a practical example of a byte of data?
One letter of the alphabet is a byte
How many bytes in a Kilobyte?
1024
What is a practical example of the amount of data that can be stored in a kilobyte?
Half a typewritten page.
How any kilobytes in a megabyte?
1024 kilobytes
