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Documentation for Hive can be found in wiki docs and javadocs.
Javadocs describe the Hive API.
The Hive wiki is organized in four major sections:
General Information about Hive
Getting Started
Presentations and Papers about Hive
Hive Mailing Lists
User Documentation
Hive Tutorial
SQL Language Manual
Hive Operators and Functions
Hive Web Interface
Hive Client
Beeline: HiveServer2 Client
Avro SerDe
Administrator Documentation
Installing Hive
Configuring Hive
Setting Up the Metastore
Setting Up Hive Server
Hive on Amazon Web Services
Hive on Amazon Elastic MapReduce
Resources for Contributors
Hive Developer FAQ
How to Contribute
Hive Developer Guide
Plugin Developer Kit
Unit Test Parallel Execution
Hive Architecture Overview
Hive Design Docs
Full-Text Search over All Hive Resources
Project Bylaws
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