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Apache Spark

Apache Spark is an open-source unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing. Spark provides an interface for programming clusters with implicit data parallelism and fault tolerance. Originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley's AMPLab starting in 2009, in 2013, the Spark codebase was donated to the Apache Software…

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Available in
Scala, Java, SQL, Python, R, C#, F#
Developer
Apache Spark
License
Apache License 2.0
Operating system
Windows, macOS, Linux
Original author
Matei Zaharia
Release
May 26, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-05-26)

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Apache Spark

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Apache Spark

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related to PySpark · 18
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related to GraphX · 14
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related to Spark Declarative Pipelines · 12
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related to overview · 11
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related to Spark Connect · 11
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related to Language support · 7
Apache Spark → Java, Julia, NET CLR, Python, Scala, SQL, Swift
related to Developers · 3
Apache Spark → PMC, Project Management Committee, The
Available in · 1
Apache Spark → Scala, Java, SQL, Python, R, C#, F#
Developer · 1
Apache Spark → Apache Spark
License · 1
Apache Spark → Apache License 2.0

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spark apache data sql python distributed scala provides streaming support api pyspark also rdd programming interface machine pipelines cluster rdds

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Apache SparkAvailable inScala, Java, SQL, Python, R, C#, F#1.00infobox
Apache SparkDeveloperApache Spark1.00infobox
Apache SparkLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
Apache SparkOperating systemWindows, macOS, Linux1.00infobox
Apache SparkOriginal authorMatei Zaharia1.00infobox
Apache SparkReleaseMay 26, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-05-26)1.00infobox
Apache SparkRepositorySpark Repository1.00infobox
Apache SparkStable release4.1.2 (Scala 2.13) / May 21, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-21)1.00infobox
Apache SparkTypeData analytics, machine learning algorithms1.00infobox
Apache SparkWebsitespark.apache.org1.00infobox
Apache SparkWritten inScala1.00infobox
Apache Sparkis aopen-source unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing0.90text

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