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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on February 21, 2024

Fact Table vs. Dimension Table: What’s the Difference?

A fact table contains the primary keys to a referenced dimension table, and the dimension table contains the descriptive information. They make up the key components in star schema.

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Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar
Updated on January 18, 2024

A Guide to HashMap in Java With Examples

HashMap is a popular data structure in Java that uses the Map interface and a hash table to provide efficient access and manipulation of data based unique keys.

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Adam Ross Nelson Adam Ross Nelson
Updated on January 12, 2024

What Data Culture Is and How to Build It

Here’s how your organization can establish a concrete data culture from scratch.

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Parul Malhotra Parul Malhotra
Updated on January 10, 2024

Why 0.1 + 0.2 Doesn’t Equal 0.3 in Most Programming Languages

In code, 0.1 + 0.2 doesn’t equal 0.3 due to floating point arithmetic. Learn why that is and how floating point arithmetic works.

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Krishna Subramanian Krishna Subramanian
Updated on December 21, 2023

4 Ways Unstructured Data Management Will Change in 2024

The rapid growth of AI will reshape key aspects of data management.

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Daniel Zagales Daniel Zagales
Updated on December 20, 2023

5 Steps for Painless Data Migration

Ready to migrate your data to a more cost efficient platform? Here’s how to do it without inciting total chaos.

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Kausik Chaudhuri Kausik Chaudhuri
Updated on December 18, 2023

4 Data Sovereignty Challenges for MSPs and How To Solve Them

As a managed service provider, here’s what you should know about data sovereignty.

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Anthony Corbo Anthony Corbo
Updated on November 07, 2023

What Are Python Data Structures?

Python data structures are essentially containers for different kinds of data. The four main types are lists, sets, tuples and dictionaries.

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Jenny Grange and Chris Guidry Jenny Grange and Chris Guidry
Updated on October 18, 2023

How to Conduct Better Coding Interviews

A wave of change is sweeping the software industry, shaking up the interview process. Two hiring managers share insights into the new approach.

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Merlin Schäfer Merlin Schäfer
Updated on August 02, 2023

Using Arrays in PostgreSQL: A Guide

With the array, PostgreSQL allows columns of a table to be defined as variable-length multidimensional arrays. 

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