Doug Cutting's son's toy elephant.
Which meaning of Hadoop is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Hadoop (toy elephant) came first (the 2000s). Apache Hadoop arrived in 2006. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
Wikipedia pageviews since 2015
Hadoop (toy elephant)Apache Hadoop
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Original · the 2000s
Hadoop (toy elephant)
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Duplicate · c. 2006
Apache Hadoop
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