Pronounced: LORE-uh-lie, noun
Notes: Not a word I know, but I do know a person with this name
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase big data is “an accumulation of data that is too large and complex for processing by traditional database management tools”
First usage
Our phrase came into English around 1980
Background / Comments
Our phrase is used in the computer industry to refer to very large sets of data that need special processing because they don’t fit into traditional databases. Our phrase is just the two words “big” and “data” put together.
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