Medium-Easy Understand Data Storage & Processing Multiple Choice

What is Parquet and what are its key benefits for data analytics?

Understand — Tests comprehension and ability to explain concepts.

Answer Options

A A Python library for data analysis

B A columnar file format optimized for analytical workloads

C A database management system

D A stream processing framework

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