Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA)

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) is a United Kingdom law regulating the powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation, and covers the interception of communications. It was passed in 2000, and came into force in 2001. The Act provides a legal framework for the use of investigatory powers by public … Read more

IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a nonprofit private organization that is responsible for managing the allocation and assignment of many of the fundamental Internet protocol identifiers. These include IP addresses, domain names, and protocol numbers. IANA also manages other key Internet resources, such as the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS). … Read more

Apache Parquet

Apache Parquet is a columnar storage format for Hadoop. Parquet is a columnar storage format for Hadoop that uses the concept of nested data structures to provide efficient compression and encoding of data. A Parquet file consists of a header followed by a series of blocks. Each block contains a compressed chunk of data. The … Read more