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# Preface

The Oracle Big Data Appliance Software User's Guide describes how to manage and use the installed software.

## Audience

This guide is intended for users of Oracle Big Data Appliance including:

- Application developers

- Data analysts

- Data scientists

- Database administrators

- System administrators

The Oracle Big Data Appliance Software User's Guide introduces the terminology and concepts necessary to discuss Oracle Big Data Appliance. However, you must acquire the necessary information about administering Hadoop clusters and writing MapReduce programs from other sources.

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## Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents:

- Oracle Big Data Appliance Owner's Guide

- Oracle Big Data Connectors User's Guide

- Oracle Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in Installation Guide for Oracle Big Data Appliance

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