To start with a small piece of data which you use to find a bigger piece of data, similar to using a minnow to catch a mackerel in 'actual' fishing.
Someone used my Social Insurance number for data phishing and now i have a bunch of bogus credit card charges in my name.
by Ryan W March 02, 2006
The act of browsing Facebook profiles for the viewing pleasure of an attractive person of the opposite sex.
by Hap Loman June 18, 2011
Data lake, is commonly used for describing a large-scale tool where multiple data sources from different types of systems are fed in and parsed in pre-defined methods.
However, it is also quite common to see where incompetent peeps use when they do not understand a dime about data or data-science. Since it is not publicly well studied or understood area, some peeps use this 'term' to fool non-technical executives to extend their own projects.
However, it is also quite common to see where incompetent peeps use when they do not understand a dime about data or data-science. Since it is not publicly well studied or understood area, some peeps use this 'term' to fool non-technical executives to extend their own projects.
A: "We will build a massive data lake, analyze everything from all the sensors with AI on the fly, orchestrate all the processes and automate everything and everyone's tasks"
B: Oh, that's nice. So you can hand in your resignation next year after delivering this project.
A: Ups. That was a nice outcome.
B: Oh, that's nice. So you can hand in your resignation next year after delivering this project.
A: Ups. That was a nice outcome.
by blckbrd December 03, 2018
Businessman: "Hey, I've got a lonely business trip coming up...have you got anything that might keep me entertained?"
Office Youth: "Hell yeah! I've got some panda data that will make you bust a nut!"
Office Youth: "Hell yeah! I've got some panda data that will make you bust a nut!"
by Dan_monkey August 14, 2006
Modern day version of Big Brother. Online searches, store purchases, Facebook posts, Tweets or Foursquare check-ins, cell phone usage, etc. is creating a flood of data that, when organized and categorized and analyzed, reveals trends and habits about ourselves and society at large.
Search engines and marketing companies have gathered and sorted 90% of all information on our habits ever created by our species in just the past 2 years and 10% of all photographs taken in the history of cameras and videos where taken in 2011 all from the electronic devices which we are either unable or unwilling to live without.
Search engines and marketing companies have gathered and sorted 90% of all information on our habits ever created by our species in just the past 2 years and 10% of all photographs taken in the history of cameras and videos where taken in 2011 all from the electronic devices which we are either unable or unwilling to live without.
Girl: Hey did you see those crazy photos I posted on Facebook? Sexy, right?
Boy: No.
Girl: No? I tweeted them and sexted them to you too.
Boy: I'm trying to stay off the grid.
Girl: What on Earth for?!
Boy: Because Big Data is watching, that's why, and I don't I don't want the government knowing my business!
Girl: You're weird.
Boy: And you're just another rat in the maze.
Boy: No.
Girl: No? I tweeted them and sexted them to you too.
Boy: I'm trying to stay off the grid.
Girl: What on Earth for?!
Boy: Because Big Data is watching, that's why, and I don't I don't want the government knowing my business!
Girl: You're weird.
Boy: And you're just another rat in the maze.
by Tenacious Faulker December 06, 2012
by Sedamsville14 October 31, 2019
An individual whose primary task is to enter data into spread sheets. Starring at a computer, without leaving your cubical all day.
My wife is a slave to her job; she works late and the kids don't even recognize her. she's such a data whore.
by brickmason May 23, 2009