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  18 Apache Arrow
  19 ============
  20
  21 Apache Arrow is a development platform for in-memory analytics. It contains a
  22 set of technologies that enable big data systems to process and move data
  23 fast. It specifies a standardized language-independent columnar memory format
  24 for flat and hierarchical data, organized for efficient analytic operations on
  25 modern hardware.
  26
  27 The project is developing a multi-language collection of libraries for solving
  28 systems problems related to in-memory analytical data processing. This includes
  29 such topics as:
  30
  31 * Zero-copy shared memory and RPC-based data movement
  32 * Reading and writing file formats (like CSV, Apache ORC, and Apache Parquet)
  33 * In-memory analytics and query processing
  34
  35 **To learn how to use Arrow refer to the documentation specific to your
  36 target environment.**
  37
  38 .. _toc.usage:
  39
  40 .. toctree::
  41    :maxdepth: 1
  42    :caption: Supported Environments
  43
  44    C/GLib <c_glib/index>
  45    C++ <cpp/index>
  46    C# <https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/csharp/README.md>
  47    Go <https://godoc.org/github.com/apache/arrow/go/arrow>
  48    Java <java/index>
  49    JavaScript <js/index>
  50    Julia <https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/julia/Arrow/README.md>
  51    MATLAB <https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/matlab/README.md>
  52    Python <python/index>
  53    R <r/index>
  54    Ruby <https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/ruby/README.md>
  55    Rust <https://docs.rs/crate/arrow/>
  56    status
  57
  58 .. _toc.cookbook:
  59
  60 .. toctree::
  61    :maxdepth: 1
  62    :caption: Cookbooks
  63
  64    C++ <https://arrow.apache.org/cookbook/cpp/>
  65    Python <https://arrow.apache.org/cookbook/py/>
  66    R <https://arrow.apache.org/cookbook/r/>
  67
  68 .. _toc.columnar:
  69
  70 .. toctree::
  71    :maxdepth: 2
  72    :caption: Specifications and Protocols
  73
  74    format/Versioning
  75    format/Columnar
  76    format/Flight
  77    format/Integration
  78    format/CDataInterface
  79    format/CStreamInterface
  80    format/Other
  81
  82 .. _toc.development:
  83
  84 .. toctree::
  85    :maxdepth: 2
  86    :caption: Development
  87
  88    developers/contributing
  89    developers/cpp/index
  90    developers/python
  91    developers/archery
  92    developers/crossbow
  93    developers/docker
  94    developers/benchmarks
  95    developers/documentation
  96    developers/computeir