Different Types of Data
Different Types of Data
S.Kavitha
Head & Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Sri Sarada Niketan College of Science for
Women,Karur.
Different Types of Data
The data processed by Big Data
• human-generated or
• machine-generated,
Human-generated data
• Human-generated data is the result of human
interaction with systems, such as online
services and digital devices
Machine-generated data
• Machine-generated data is generated by
software programs and hardware devices in
response to real-world events.
• human-generated and machine-generated data
can come from a variety of sources and be
represented in various formats or types.
• The primary types of data are:
1. structured data
2. unstructured data
3. semi-structured data
structured data