 I investigate the origin(s) of the term "Big Data , " in industry and academics, and in computer scienceand econometrics. The term probably originated in lunch-table conversations at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) in the mid 1990s , in which John Mashey figured prominently. The first significant (and independent) academic references are arguably Weiss and Indurkhya (1998) in computer science and Diebold (2000) in econometrics. An unpublished 2001 research note by Douglas Laney at Gartner enriched the concept significantly. The Big Data phenomenon continues unabated  .
Against the background of explosive growth in data volume, velocity, and variety, I investigate the origins of the term "Big Data " . Its origins are a bit murky and hence intriguing, involving both academics and industry, statistics and computer science, ultimately winding back to lunch-table conversations at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) in the mid 1990s . The Big Data phenomenon continues unabated , and the ongoing development of statistical machine learning tools continues to help us confront it .
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, in which John Mashey figured prominently. The first significant (and independent) academic references are arguably Weiss and Indurkhya (1998) in computer science and Diebold (2000) in econometrics. An unpublished 2001 research note by Douglas Laney at Gartner enriched the concept significantly. The
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