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The data format optimized for columnar storage and analytics workloads is called ________.

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  2. Parquet
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Answer: Parquet

Parquet is columnar storage format optimized for analytics: efficient compression, predicate pushdown, schema evolution. Reduces I/O by reading only required columns. Used in Spark, Hive, Presto.

Topic Data Engineering
Exam Relevance Banking, SSC JE, UPSC
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