This document discusses big data and Hadoop. It defines big data as large data sets that cannot be processed by traditional software tools within a reasonable time frame due to the volume and variety of data. It then describes the three V's of big data - volume, velocity, and variety. The document provides examples of sources of big data and discusses how Hadoop, an open-source software framework, can be used to manage and analyze big data through its core components - HDFS for storage and MapReduce for processing. Finally, it provides a high-level overview of how MapReduce works.