History of Big Data: From 1944 to 2012

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What are the three main attributes of Big Data according to the popular description?

  • Volume, velocity, and variety (correct)
  • Volume, variety, and value
  • Volume, variety, and viability
  • Volume, velocity, and viability

Why is the term 'Big Data' historically considered vague and ill-defined?

  • It lacks clarity about the ETL process
  • It does not capture all the aspects of Big Data accurately (correct)
  • It has no historical perspective
  • It is too focused on the term 'big'

What range does the meaning of Big Data volume lie between based on the current global Internet traffic capacity?

  • Terabyte (TB) and petabyte (PB)
  • Terabyte (TB) and zettabyte (ZB) (correct)
  • Zettabyte (ZB) and yottabyte (YB)
  • Petabyte (PB) and exabyte (EB)

What did Cisco claim about the era humans entered in 2015 based on historical data traffic growth rate?

<p>Zettabyte (ZB) era (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do many professional data analysts imply as the connotation of Big Data?

<p>The process of extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) for large datasets (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term 'Big Data' based on according to the text?

<p>An ill-defined term with a vague meaning (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who provided a short history of Big Data starting from 1944?

<p>Gil Press (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is often used interchangeably with 'data' even though they have different connotations?

<p>Information (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who established the origin of Big Data back to 1880?

<p>Frank Ohlhorst (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Gil Press illustrate in his article?

<p>Recent advancements in data science history (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term could be considered as a complementary meaning to BDA according to the text?

<p>Data Science (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term has different interpretations today compared to Big Data according to the text?

<p>Statistics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Winshuttle, when did the origin of Big Data begin?

<p>In the 19th century (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Bernard Marr trace the origin of Big Data back to?

<p>18,000 BCE (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered as one of the proposers of the term Big Data according to Cox and Ellsworth?

<p>None of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Steve Lohr disagree with regarding the term 'Big Data'?

<p>Its early interpretations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the focus of Visualizing.org's historical description?

<p>The timeline of BDA implementation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Winshuttle emphasize in their review of Big Data?

<p>Enterprise resource planning and cloud infrastructure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Bernard Marr believe we should pay attention to regarding Big Data?

<p>Historical foundations of Big Data (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Winshuttle, what can be considered as Big Data?

<p>Large and complex data sets beyond traditional process and management capability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with casting the term 'Big Data'?

<p>Erik Larson (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Cox and Ellsworth's definition of 'Big Data' mainly based on?

<p>Data sets that generally fit in main memory or local disk (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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