The term snowflake computing refers to Snowflake's ability to provide instant, secure, and governed access to all data networks, along with its core architecture that enables multiple types of data workloads and offers a unified platform for modern data applications. In contrast to other data warehouses, Snowflake does not use a database or "big data" software platform such as Hadoop. Snowflake, however, combines an entirely new SQL query engine with a natively cloud-based architecture.
