Wiki source code of 3. General terminology
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| 1 | This glossary introduces and defines the major technical terms used in the Austrian Data Cube project. | ||
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| 3 | The project builds on the following main concept: | ||
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| 5 | A **data cube** efficiently stores a multi-dimensional array of values. Typically, applied in contexts of big data (i.e. time-series, very high-resolution satellite data), exceeding the hosting computer's main memory. This data can be effectively queried and sliced to extract the required data. | ||
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| 7 | [[https:~~/~~/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_cube>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_cube]] |