Keyword: «big data»

The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that Big Data is one of the modern tools for decision-making in various areas of human activity, which is a collective product of various sources, which subsequently create a huge array of both structured and unstructured data. There are no uniform criteria for defining a clear line between ordinary data and big data, but there are some characteristics that define big data. Due to the large amount of information, it is difficult to process the data array, however, there are four main methods of Analyzing Big Data: descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, diagnostic analytics. The idea of this study: determining the characteristics of big data, storage space, methods of analyzing Big Data. The subject of this article isquestions related to the characteristics of big data, the place of accumulation and methods of processing big data.