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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Mar 5;50(3):373–379. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.02.010

Table 1:

The V’s of Big Data

Volume
Velocity
Variety
Variability
Veracity
Visualization
Value

The following are characteristics of Big Data which start with the letter V: volume, amount of data; velocity, the speed data are accessible; variety, types of data; variability, change in the data; veracity, accuracy of the data; visualization, presentation of the data to convey the meaning; and value, the utility of the data assembled.