Data and Databases

What is Data?

anything you can encode using binary representation

What is the aim of having Data?

to retrieve information

How do we retrieve Information?

process the data by establishing a flexible, understandable and common representation for the data

What is Data Engineering?

process of designing and building systems that allow people to collect, manage, and analyse data

What do Data Engineers do?

work to make raw data useable for data scientists and business analysts so that organisations can use it to improve performance

What is Data Engineering responsible for?

• data pipelines

• data integration

• data quality

• data analysis

• data security

• automation

What is low-quality data?

data that doesn’t fit your requirements as a developer

What is a Database?

• structured system for storing, retrieving and managing data

• often stored raw data before it’s processed

• secure storage and access control 

What is Data, Database, Database Management System (DBMS)?

provides efficient, reliable, convenient, safe, multi-user friendly storage and access to massive amounts of persistent data