This document provides an overview of big data and Hadoop. It discusses what big data is, why it has become important recently, and common use cases. It then describes how Hadoop addresses challenges of processing large datasets by distributing data and computation across clusters. The core Hadoop components of HDFS for storage and MapReduce for processing are explained. Example MapReduce jobs like wordcount are shown. Finally, higher-level tools like Hive and Pig that provide SQL-like interfaces are introduced.