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Explain ETL in Data Engineering

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You're joining a team that is building and maintaining internal data pipelines. Before discussing implementation details, the interviewer wants to check that you understand the basic ETL pattern and why teams use it.

Question

Explain the ETL process and its importance in data engineering.