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The process of extracting, transforming, and loading data from sources to a destination is called ________.

  1. IN-SPACe
  2. FIU-IND
  3. TDMA
  4. ETL

Answer: ETL

ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) is foundational data integration process: extract from sources, transform (clean, enrich, aggregate), load to target (warehouse, lake). Modern variants: ELT (load first, transform later) for cloud data platforms. Critical for data pipeline questions.

Topic Data Engineering
Exam Relevance Banking, SSC JE, UPSC