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+# Apache Hama
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+Apache Hama is a framework for Big Data analytics which uses the Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) computing model, which was established in 2012 as a Top-Level Project of The Apache Software Foundation.
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+It provides not only pure BSP programming model but also SQL-like query interface (Apache MRQL) and vertex/neuron centric programming models, inspired by Google's Pregel and DistBelief (Apache Horn). For the latest information about Hama, please visit our website at: <http://hama.apache.org/>
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+and our wiki, at:
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+ http://wiki.apache.org/hama/
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-For the latest information about Hama, please visit our website at:
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- http://hama.apache.org/
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-and our wiki, at:
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- http://wiki.apache.org/hama/
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