I call this the: "large-but-not-really-all-that-big data" For if you can fit it in RAM on a high-end machine, and on a single harddrive in a low-end machine.

I call this the: "large-but-not-really-all-that-big data" For if you can fit it in RAM on a high-end machine, and on a single harddrive in a low-end machine. and its practically a more useful case. Since if data is truely big many algorthms can't be used (since if it is O(n^2) its not practical).