Definition
A distributed streaming platform designed for building real-time data pipelines and streaming applications.
Detailed Explanation
Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events a day. It provides a unified, high-throughput, low-latency platform for handling real-time data feeds with features for stream processing, fault tolerance, and scalability.
Use Cases
Real-time analytics, Log aggregation, Event-driven architectures, Message queuing systems
