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  • Find FOUR really big datasets. They should be sufficiently different. Cite your sources.
  • Discuss and determine a ranking in terms of "bigness".
  • Fill the template below. Replace all (( )) with your answers.

Rank 1: ((Stock Market))

(( There is data of all sorts in the stock market. Data types such as names, value, money$$ ))

(( We gave this the top rank because of the level of importance and the amount of trading and automated trading that takes place on a daily basis ))

Rank 2: (( Healt Care))

(( Everybodys medical records ))

(( We gave this number two because of its level of importance to not have any issues with ))

Rank 3: ((Search Engines ))

(( Searches from everyone ))

(( There are so many searches around the world on a daily basis that give this a top ranking big data set ))

Rank 4: (( Weather ))

(( There is a vast amout of data collected evey day concernign current weather, past weather and weather patters in order to make predictions and a lot of other useful information ))