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Apache Beam

An open-source unified programming model for batch and streaming pipelines that run on runners such as Dataflow, Flink or Spark.

Definition

Beam concepts include PCollections, PTransforms, ParDo, windows, triggers and watermarks. The same pipeline code can run in batch or streaming mode.

Exam tip

Beam = the SDK/model; Dataflow = Google's managed runner.

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