data mining


nounDigital Technology.
  1. the process of collecting, searching through, and analyzing a large amount of data in a database, as to discover patterns or relationships: the use of data mining to detect fraud.

Origin of data mining

1
First recorded in 1985–90

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How to use data mining in a sentence

  • "The Bill of Rights was written before data-mining," he said.

    Little Brother | Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for data mining

data mining

noun
  1. the gathering of information from pre-existing data stored in a database, such as one held by a supermarket about customers' shopping habits

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Cultural definitions for data mining

data mining

The technique of identifying patterns and relationships within large databases through the use of advanced statistical methods.

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