Big Data means working with large amounts of information. The definition of “big” depends on the context. It can refer to data from a huge number of people, like health records from millions of individuals. It can also refer to data that requires a lot of storage space, such as DNA sequences, MRI scan images, or activity data from mobile phones. The term “big data” became popular in the early 2000s and has been associated with over 25,000 publications in the life sciences as of March 2023.
