HIVE

What is Hive used for?

Hive is a data warehouse system that is used to query and analyze large datasets stored in the HDFS. Hive uses a query language called HiveQL, which is similar to SQL. As seen from the image below, the user first sends out the Hive queries.

What is Hive vs Hadoop?

Hadoop is a framework to process/query the Big data, while Hive is an SQL Based tool that builds over Hadoop to process the data. Hive process/queries all the data using HQL (Hive Query Language). It's SQL-Like Language, while Hadoop can understand Map Reduce only.

What is the definition of a Hive?

A hive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce. 2. countable noun. If you describe a place as a hive of activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy working there