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Apache Arrow
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<ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <p>Apache Arrow is a <a href="/facts/Language-agnostic/2SuE44tl">language-agnostic</a> <a href="/facts/Software_framework/EWasA8sG">software framework</a> for developing data analytics applications that process <a href="/facts/Column-oriented_DBMS/RHleA9BY">columnar data</a>. It contains a standardized column-oriented memory format that is able to represent flat and hierarchical data for efficient analytic operations on modern <a href="/facts/Central_processing_unit/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> and <a href="/facts/Graphics_processing_unit/PTK1RQVp">GPU</a> hardware. This reduces or eliminates factors that limit the feasibility of working with large sets of data, such as the cost, volatility, or physical constraints of <a href="/facts/Dynamic_random-access_memory/koI9FGo5">dynamic random-access memory</a>. </p>