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| Apache Arrow |
| ============ |
| |
| Apache Arrow is a development platform for in-memory analytics. It contains a |
| set of technologies that enable big data systems to process and move data |
| fast. It specifies a standardized language-independent columnar memory format |
| for flat and hierarchical data, organized for efficient analytic operations on |
| modern hardware. |
| |
| The project is developing a multi-language collection of libraries for solving |
| systems problems related to in-memory analytical data processing. This includes |
| such topics as: |
| |
| * Zero-copy shared memory and RPC-based data movement |
| * Reading and writing file formats (like CSV, Apache ORC, and Apache Parquet) |
| * In-memory analytics and query processing |
| |
| .. _toc.columnar: |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 2 |
| :caption: Arrow Specifications and Protocols |
| |
| format/Versioning |
| format/Columnar |
| format/Flight |
| format/Integration |
| format/CDataInterface |
| format/Other |
| |
| .. _toc.usage: |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 2 |
| :caption: Arrow Libraries |
| |
| cpp/index |
| python/index |
| Java <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/java/> |
| C GLib <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/c_glib/> |
| JavaScript <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/js/> |
| R <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/> |
| |
| .. _toc.development: |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 2 |
| :caption: Development and Contributing |
| |
| developers/contributing |
| developers/cpp/index |
| developers/python |
| developers/integration |
| developers/crossbow |
| developers/benchmarks |
| developers/documentation |