Big Data Applications: A Review
AbstractIn recent years, the growing and large amounts of data, which have been associated with the widespread use of social media, smart devices and internet, define big data. With big data; The vast majority of things that were formerly never measured, stored, analyzed, or shared, were converted into processed and usable data. The big data typically describes both the type of managed data and the technology used to collect and operate it. Data can be transformed into information that can only have a value, but if without the wisdom, information can be allowed to really useful to people. Nowadays the big data attract attention with such qualities for his volume, speed and variety. With the increased use of big data, a major breakthrough in productivity, profitability and innovation in different sectors is expected. Examples are many successful applications of big data in different areas of the world; Public sector, health, insurance, banking, education, etc. Big data can help improve productivity, profitability, performance and reduce data exhaustion, etc. Education, health, banking, retail sales, government resources, defense industry, production and energy sectors, as well as facilitating human life will increase the efficiency of institutions and will constitute the infrastructure of further progress towards the future. In the study, big data was handled conceptually, relations with many concepts, big data technologies and methods used for big data processing were introduced and different examples were given about usage areas of big data in the world.