data mining
- 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.
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Origin of data mining
First recorded in 1985–90
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One shudders to think what the Gestapo might have done with just a handful of the data-mining tools currently employed by the NSA.
Facebook emphasizes that it replaces identifying info with numbers before sharing your particulars with data-mining marketers.
By contrast, the Obama data-mining operation was revolutionary.
data mining
- 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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data mining
The technique of identifying patterns and relationships within large databases through the use of advanced statistical methods.
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