Undefined By Data: A Survey of Big Data Definitions
Jonathan Stuart Ward, Adam Barker

TL;DR
This paper surveys the diverse definitions of big data from academia, industry, and media, aiming to clarify the term's ambiguity and provide a unified understanding.
Contribution
It compiles and analyzes various prevalent big data definitions to establish a clearer, more consistent understanding of the term.
Findings
Multiple definitions exist with significant differences
No single, universally accepted definition of big data
A proposed concise definition to reduce ambiguity
Abstract
The term big data has become ubiquitous. Owing to a shared origin between academia, industry and the media there is no single unified definition, and various stakeholders provide diverse and often contradictory definitions. The lack of a consistent definition introduces ambiguity and hampers discourse relating to big data. This short paper attempts to collate the various definitions which have gained some degree of traction and to furnish a clear and concise definition of an otherwise ambiguous term.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBig Data Technologies and Applications · Big Data and Business Intelligence
