In computing, Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) refers to a process in database usage and especially in data warehousing that performs: Data extraction â extracts data from homogeneous or heterogeneous data sources.
(Beginner) Reading astronomy books, I've come up with the word singularity a lot, but I can't figure out what it exactly means. A singularity means a point where some property is infinite. For example, at the center of a black hole, according to classical theory, the density is infinite (because a finite mass is compressed to a zero volume). Hence it is a singularity.
Many of the most recognized writers on the singularity, such as Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil, define the concept in terms of the technological creation of superintelligence. They argue that it is difficult or impossible for present-day humans to predict what human beings' lives will be like in a post-singularity world.