Structured Data vs Big Data
YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED THE DATA DIMENSION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY. Structured Data vs Big Data Data is essentially any information that can be stored on a computer. Some of the most common types of data are characters, strings, integers, floating-point numbers, and booleans. The number of visitors to a website is considered data. Even something like your name is considered data. There are two more types of data, though: structured data and big data. How do you differentiate these? That isn’t something that comes very easy, since even structured data can fall into big data at points. That said, there are a few key differences. If you’re already familiar with structured data, then this blog post should provide a nice transition into big data. Let’s start off with structured data. There are other types of data like semi-structured and unstructured data, but let’s just focus on structured data for now. It's a type of data where you know the structure of the data well in advance so y...