The Essential Data Dictionary Guide

Understanding the data terms that shape our world.

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📕 Data Management and Analytics

SQL: Structured Query Language, used for managing relational databases.

Big Data: Large, complex datasets that require specialized processing and analysis.

Data Warehouse: A centralized repository for storing and analyzing data from various sources.

Data Lake: A storage repository that holds raw, unprocessed data in its native format.

Data Lakehouse: A combination of a data warehouse and a data lake, offering both structured and unstructured data storage.

Data Mesh: A decentralized data architecture that treats data as a product.

ETL (Extract, Transform, Load): A process for extracting data from sources, transforming it, and loading it into a target system.

ELT (Extract, Load, Transform): A variation of ETL that loads data into a target system before transforming it.

Data Pipeline: A series of processes that extract, transform, and load data into a target system.

Data Governance: The overall management of an organization’s data assets.