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.
Data, Information and Knowledge. Raw data describes the facts and figures that a company processes every day. In a retail environment, each sale will be recorded. However, a company will learn little looking at each sale in isolation. Data becomes information after it has been processed to add context, relevance and purpose. Analysis of daily sales will reveal trends and patterns, such as peak shopping days or biggest-selling items. Knowledge is a set of beliefs based on the relationship between pieces of information.