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data mining
noun
- 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.
data mining
noun
- the gathering of information from pre-existing data stored in a database, such as one held by a supermarket about customers' shopping habits
data mining
- The technique of identifying patterns and relationships within large databases through the use of advanced statistical methods.
Word History and Origins
Origin of data mining1
Example Sentences
Shares in cloud database company Snowflake are up 129% since its September IPO and those of data mining company Palantir are up 215% since its September listing.
Palantir, the government-friendly data mining firm, opened at $10 a share, giving it an amazing $22 billion valuation.
One shudders to think what the Gestapo might have done with just a handful of the data-mining tools currently employed by the NSA.
Back in 2006 when I was interviewing doctors for an article about prescription data mining, few of them knew that it occurred.
Birth control and data mining used to be things they believed in, now both are Big Government plots to be stopped.
Yes, crèche displays and telephone data mining are different things.
Lloyd Green on why members of Congress from both sides of the aisle like government data mining.
"The Bill of Rights was written before data-mining," he said.
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