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data mining
n.
The automatic extraction of useful, often previously unknown information from large databases or data sets.
data mining
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(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) 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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Noun1.data mining - data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data
data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information


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During the 1980s and increasingly during the 1990s, data mining technology was becoming available in the form of statistical and artificial intelligence-based models and computing algorithms.
Mining for information gold: data mining offers the RIM professional ... by Firestone, Joseph M. / Information Management Journal
Data mining serves as an automated tool that uses multiple advanced computational techniques, including artificial intelligence (the use of computers to perform logical functions), to fully explore and characterize large data sets involving one or more data sources, identifying significant, recognizable patterns, trends, and relationships not easily detected through traditional analytical techniques alone.
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