Big data

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

‘Big data’ is a hot term these days, but do you know what it means? Learn here.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:12.0	com. Neil, what are you doing? That's the biggest spreadsheet I've ever seen.
0:20.0	Hi Faye, yes, just you wait. I'm developing a product that will revolutionise English
0:25.9	teaching.
0:26.9	Great, so why are you looking at screens of numbers?
0:30.8	Not numbers, data, big data. This is what I need and that is the expression we're talking
0:37.8	about in the English we speak.
0:39.9	How do you plan to use this data?
0:42.1	I haven't figured it out yet, but that's not important.
0:45.5	Everyone's talking about big data. It is a hot topic, but big data is all about analysis. You need to know what to do with all that data.
0:56.0	Right.
0:57.0	What you're looking at is a list of football scores from every country in 1987.
1:05.0	Ah yes, not useful?
1:07.0	Sadly not.
1:09.0	Let's listen to this explanation of what big data actually is.
1:17.0	We are surrounded by data. Every time we use social media, buy something online or even search for information.
1:27.2	We are creating data.
1:29.9	Because there's so much of it and because it comes in many forms we call it big data.
1:37.0	Companies collect and analyze big data to discover hidden trends and patterns.
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