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1.Introduction: The ORC (Optimized Row Columnar) file format is a standard high-performance big data processing, especially for analytical workloads. As a columnar file format, it is specifically designed to overcome the performance limitations of tr...

Aug 6, 2025 · 6 min read · learnwithteja.hashnode.dev  
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