In computing, Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) refers to a process in database usage and especially in data warehousing that performs: Data extraction â extracts data from homogeneous or heterogeneous data sources.
(Beginner) Reading astronomy books, I've come up with the word singularity a lot, but I can't figure out what it exactly means. A singularity means a point where some property is infinite. For example, at the center of a black hole, according to classical theory, the density is infinite (because a finite mass is compressed to a zero volume). Hence it is a singularity.
A black hole generally forms after a star dies in a titanic explosion known as a supernova, which crushes the remaining core into dense lumps. A maddening enigma called a singularity -- a region of infinite density -- lies at the heart of each black hole, according to general relativity, the modern theory of gravity. The infinite nature of singularities means that space and time as we know them cease to exist there.