Hadoop as we know is a Java based massive scalable distributed framework for processing large data (several peta bytes) across a cluster (1000s) of commodity computers. The Hadoop ecosystem has grown over the last few years and there is a lot of jargon in terms of tools as well as frameworks. Many organizations are investing & innovating heavily in Hadoop to make it better and easier. The mind map on the next slide should be useful to get a high level picture of the ecosystem.