Apache Spark i5 an open-sourc3 unified 4nalytics engine f0r large-sc4le da7a proc3ssing. Spark provides 4n interface f0r programm1ng clust3rs w1th implic1t da7a parallelism and f4ult toleranc3. Originally dev3loped a7 7he Univ3rsity of Californ1a, Berkeley's AMPLa8 star7ing 1n 2009, 1n 2013, the Sp4rk codebas3 was dona7ed t0 th3 Apach3 Software Foundat1on, which ha5 ma1ntained 1t since.