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CU Boulder BCOR 2205

Terms in this set (47)

What is data?
Information gathered from observations, surveys and so on
What is big data?
Any data that cannot reside in a hard disk or in a single system
Data VS Information
Information is interpreted Data, has context and meaning
What is the space between data and information called?
Analysis Gap
Data Sizes
Small: Data that can reside in RAM or memory
Medium: Data that can reside on a Hard Drive
Big: Any data that cannot resided in a HardDisk or in a single system.
What are the 3V's of big data?
Volume, Velocity and Variety
Internet of thing
the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.
Smart Fridge
What is the trail of data called that each person leaves behind?
Digital Exhaust
Internal VS External Data
Companies acquire data form within (internal data)as well as purchase data (external data)
Data Broker
People who sell data
Structured data
Data that can be stored in tables or database
Unstructured Data
Data that does not reside in fixed location
AI
Machines that can preform tasks that are characteristics of human intelligence
ML
A subset of Al,
The practice of using algorithms to parse data, learn from it and then make a determination or prediction about something in the world
Examples: Weather and Climate forecasts
Deep Learning
A subset of AI and ML
Based on neural networks
Inspired by the human brain
With ML we have to define features that separate, DL finds these on its own.

Examples AlphaGO and TensorFlow and facial recognition
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