Explain the need for MapReduce while programming in Apache Pig?
Answer / Adesh Kumar
Apache Pig uses MapReduce under the hood to execute queries. The need for MapReduce arises because of its ability to process large datasets in a distributed manner, which is essential for handling Big Data.
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