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noun Digital Technology.

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

Words nearby data mining

data dictionary, data entry, data exhaust, dataflow architecture, datal, data mining, data packet, data pen, data point, data processing, data protection

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How to use data mining in a sentence

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.
Pros and cons of investing in 5 upcoming tech IPOs from Airbnb to Roblox|Aaron Pressman|November 25, 2020|Fortune
Palantir, the government-friendly data mining firm, opened at $10 a share, giving it an amazing $22 billion valuation.
Jane Fraser’s priorities as incoming Citi CEO|Alan Murray|October 1, 2020|Fortune
One shudders to think what the Gestapo might have done with just a handful of the data-mining tools currently employed by the NSA.
The Gestapo Still Sets the Bar for Evil|James A. Warren|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Back in 2006 when I was interviewing doctors for an article about prescription data mining, few of them knew that it occurred.
They Want to Know Everything About You|Jake Whitney|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Birth control and data mining used to be things they believed in, now both are Big Government plots to be stopped.
The GOP Hypocrisy on Privacy and The Pill|Michael Tomasky|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, crèche displays and telephone data mining are different things.
Obama Is Giving Up Some Executive Power, and He’ll Still Get No Credit|Michael Tomasky|August 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Lloyd Green on why members of Congress from both sides of the aisle like government data mining.
Prism and the NSA: Something Congress Can Agree On|Lloyd Green|June 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"The Bill of Rights was written before data-mining," he said.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for data mining

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for data mining

data mining

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