Staging area: A Staging area is a database application consists of temperary data store and staging area application. It receives a portion of data, applies necessary calculations and returns cleaned and finished data for placement into a data store or DWH. The sata can store for limited number of days. Combined Usage of these two : More @Wikipedia
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