This new selection process was a huge success and the much-improved and heavier sheep were called Leicestershire sheep, and the cattle were known as Leicestershire Long-Horns. Robert Bakewell then continued with his work and went on to produce a new breed of black horses for both farm and army work.
In defining big data, itâs also important to understand the mix of unstructured and multi-structured data that comprises the volume of information. Unstructured data comes from information that is not organized or easily interpreted by traditional databases or data models, and typically, itâs text-heavy.
Big Data. Related Terms. Big Data is a phrase used to mean a massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is so large it is difficult to process using traditional database and software techniques. In most enterprise scenarios the volume of data is too big or it moves too fast or it exceeds current processing capacity.