# Apache Arrow

> The universal columnar format and multi-language toolbox for fast data interchange and in-memory analytics.

The universal columnar format and multi-language toolbox for fast data interchange and in-memory analytics.

https://arrow.apache.org/

Apache Arrow defines a language-independent columnar memory format for flat and nested data, organized for efficient analytic operations on modern hardware like <CPU>s and [GPU](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Graphics%20Processing%20Unit.txt)s. The Arrow memory format also supports zero-copy reads for lightning-fast data access without serialization overhead.