datacube
Multidimensional data structure
A datacube is a multidimensional array of data, typically three or more dimensions, used in data analysis and visualization.
The term evokes a physical cube where each axis represents a different variable—time, location, product category—allowing analysts to slice and examine data from multiple angles.
Datacubes are fundamental to business intelligence and scientific computing, where complex datasets need to be queried efficiently: The satellite imagery is stored as a datacube with spatial and temporal dimensions.
Having many distinct aspects
- arrayOrdered collection or display
- tensorMultilinear algebraic object
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- slicePortion cut off
dice · drill-down · pivot · cell · measure · fact · axis · hierarchy
Forming mental or graphical images
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
- pattern recognitionIdentifying regularities in inputs
quantitative · clustering · classification · time series · outliers · descriptive · inferential · exploratory
Quadrillion bytes measured
- exabyteQuintillion bytes measurement
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- cloud computingInternet-delivered digital infrastructure
- HadoopOpen-source cluster framework
parallel processing · in-memory · streaming · batch processing · horizontal scaling · cluster · node
Organized digital information collection
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- archiveStored historical records
- partitioningDividing into sections
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
compression · star schema · ETL · capacity · retention · caching
multidimensional
Having many distinct aspects
- arrayOrdered collection or display
- tensorMultilinear algebraic object
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
slice · dice · drill-down · pivot · cell · measure · fact · axis · hierarchy · aggregation
visualization
Forming mental or graphical images
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
pattern recognition · quantitative · clustering · classification · time series · outliers · descriptive · inferential · exploratory · trend analysis
petabyte
Quadrillion bytes measured
- exabyteQuintillion bytes measurement
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- cloud computingInternet-delivered digital infrastructure
Hadoop · parallel processing · in-memory · streaming · batch processing · horizontal scaling · cluster · node
database
Organized digital information collection
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- archiveStored historical records
- partitioningDividing into sections
indexing · compression · star schema · ETL · capacity · retention · caching
dimension
Measurable extent or scope
level · member · schema · ontology · semantics · annotation · lineage · catalog · dictionary · granularity
datacubeflat file
Single-table data storage
spreadsheet · tabular data · vector · scalar · data point