Big data : a very short introduction /
Dawn E. Holmes.
- First edition.
- 125 páginas : ilustraciones, diagramas, tablas a blanco y negro ; 17 cm.
Preface, xv -- Acknowledgements, xvii -- List of illustrations xix -- 1. The data explosion, 1 -- 2. Why is big data special?, 14 -- 3. Storing big data, 26 -- 4. Big data and medicine, 59 -- Big data and medicine, 59 -- 6. Big data, big business, 75 -- 7. Big data security and the Snowden case, 90 -- 8. Big data and society, 105 -- Byte size chart, 113 -- ASCII table for lower case letters, 115 -- Further reading, 117 -- Index, 121.