Abstract
Nowadays, explosive amount of data is being generated every day. Data from sensors, mobile devices, social networking websites, scientific data & enterprises – all are contributing to this huge explosion in data. This sudden bombardment can be grasped by the fact that we have created a vast volume of data in the last two years. Big Data- as these large chunks of data is generally called- Big Data and has become one of the hottest research trends today. Research suggests that tapping the potential of this data can benefit businesses, scientific disciplines and the public sector contributing to their economic gains as well as development in every sphere.