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What is PySpark SparkContext?

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SparkContext is the gateway to any spark-derived application or feature. This is the first thing we need to start when we run a Spark application. In PySpark, SparkContext has several parameters, including, Master, appName, SparkHome, pyFiles, Environment, BatchSize, etc.

Here is a video tutorial which you can watch to learn more about spark:-

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