As data science becomes more widely used, there's a real challenge to understand and agree on the definitions of data terminology. This resource demystifies the most frequently used terms in data science.
How would one define ‘data science’? How about big data, AI, or data culture? These are just a few of the many jargons that are commonly used around in “data speak.” As data becomes more widely used, so has a dense vocabulary of jargon. It’s a real challenge to understand and agree on the definitions of these data terminologies.
This article demistifies the 26 most frequently used terms in the data space.
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