Define Partition in Apache Spark?



Define Partition in Apache Spark?..

Answer / Umesh Chandra Saini

"A Partition in Apache Spark is a logical division of data within a Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD) or DataStream. Each partition represents a subset of the entire dataset and is processed by a single worker node."

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