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What is a data lake?
Imagine a massive digital storage area where Chipotle could dump all its raw data: health scores, sales figures, staff rotas, even social media comments. A data lake holds everything in its original format, unlike a structured database. It's like a giant digital pond waiting for Palantir's tools to fish out useful insights.
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