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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Take, for example, The Web Almanac , the golden collection of Big Data combined with the collective intelligence from most of the authors listed below, brilliantly spearheaded by Google’s @rick_viscomi. ” – Andy King, 2003. Javascript: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Learn JavaScript Programming Step by Step.

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Fast key-value stores: an idea whose time has come and gone

The Morning Paper

I think it’s absolutely fine to use the local memory space or filesystem as a local cache of data that spans transactions so long as that doesn’t introduce stickiness, consistency or stale data issues. We’ve seen similar high marshalling overheads in big data systems too.) Fetching too much data in a single query (i.e.,

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Data Mining Problems in Retail

Highly Scalable

Customer retention programs can require the identification of customers who are likely to stop the relationship with a retailer but can change their minds under the influence of incentives. This metric reveals customers with high revenue potential, hence it can be used in loyalty programs and usage expansion campaigns. Prairie, 2003.

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