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Types of data

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Total cards: 3•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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What is structured data?

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Structured data – can be defined as data that is appropriate to be entered into a relational database in a row and column format; consequently, this data can be analysed and queries can be used to extract useful information.

#2
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What is unstructured data?

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• can be defined as data that is difficult to organise and is not appropriate to store in a database in row and column format

#3
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What is distributed data?

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When data is too big to be processed on a single machine, the processing is distributed across several machines; this is termed distributed processing.