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The term "slice & dice" became popular when multidimensional databases became a thing. These new (at the time) database systems allowed base data to be seen from various perspectives (dimensions) and summarized, or aggregated, in various ways at multiple levels, so the term "slice & dice" became handy in referring to what a database user does in order to make sense or use of a set of data that may initially seem impervious. | The term "slice & dice" became popular when multidimensional databases became a thing. These new (at the time) database systems allowed base data to be seen from various perspectives (dimensions) and summarized, or aggregated, in various ways at multiple levels, so the term "slice & dice" became handy in referring to what a database user does in order to make sense or use of a set of data that may initially seem impervious. | ||