Against the background of explosive growth in data volume, velocity, and variety, I investigate the origins of the term "Big Data". Its origins are a bit murky and hence intriguing, involving both academics and industry, statistics and computer science, ultimately winding back to lunch-table conversations at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) in the mid 1990s. The Big Data phenomenon continues unabated, and the ongoing development of statistical machine learning tools continues to help us confront it.

翻译：在数据数量、速度和种类的爆炸性增长的背景下,我调查了“大数据”一词的起源,其起源有点模糊,因此令人感兴趣,涉及学术界和工业界、统计和计算机科学,最终又回到了1990年代中期硅图形公司(SGI)的午餐会话。 大数据现象继续有增无减,统计机学习工具的不断发展继续帮助我们应对。