"data mining" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: data-mining [alternative], datamining [alternative]
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  1. (databases) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful. Tags: uncountable Translations (technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns): datamyning (Afrikaans), تنقيب في البيانات (Arabic), 數據挖掘 /数据挖掘 (shùjù wājué) (Chinese Mandarin), data mining [neuter] (Czech), dolování dat [neuter] (Czech), tiedonlouhinta (Finnish), exploration de données (French), fouille de données [feminine] (French), forage de données [masculine] (French), prospection de données [feminine] (French), orpaillage [masculine] (French), Data-Mining [neuter] (German), Datamining [neuter] (German), εξόρυξη δεδομένων (exóryxi dedoménon) [feminine] (Greek), データマイニング (dēta mainingu) (Japanese), 데이터 마이닝 (english: deiteo maining) (Korean), کاوش در دادهها (Persian), داده کاوی (Persian), добы́ча да́нных (dobýča dánnyx) [feminine] (Russian), интеллектуа́льный ана́лиз да́нных (intellektuálʹnyj análiz dánnyx) [masculine] (Russian), minería de datos [feminine] (Spanish)
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Verb

Forms: data-mining [alternative], datamining [alternative]
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  1. present participle and gerund of data mine Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: data mine
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Alternative forms

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      "form": "data-mining",
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