data mining

noun

A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.

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Meanings

noundata mining (uncountable)

alternative data-mining · alternative datamining

  1. uncountablecomputingA technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.

    Serious application of data mining involves thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of individual cases.

    2005, Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, 2nd edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 10
verb

alternative data-mining · alternative datamining

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of data mine

Translations

Afrikaans datamyning
  • datamyningtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Arabic تنقيب في البيانات
  • تنقيب في البياناتtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Chinese Mandarin 數據挖掘 /数据挖掘
  • 數據挖掘 /数据挖掘 (shùjù wājué)technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Czech data mining, dolování dat
  • data miningtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • dolování dattechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Finnish tiedonlouhinta
  • tiedonlouhintatechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
French exploration de données, fouille de données
  • exploration de donnéestechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • fouille de donnéestechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • forage de donnéestechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • prospection de donnéestechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • orpaillagetechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
German Data-Mining, Datamining
  • Data-Miningtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Dataminingtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Greek εξόρυξη δεδομένων
  • εξόρυξη δεδομένων (exóryxi dedoménon)technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Japanese データマイニング
  • データマイニング (dēta mainingu)technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Korean 데이터 마이닝
  • 데이터 마이닝technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Persian کاوش در دادهها, داده کاوی
  • کاوش در دادههاtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • داده کاویtechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Russian добы́ча да́нных, интеллектуа́льный ана́лиз да́нных
  • добы́ча да́нных (dobýča dánnyx)technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • интеллектуа́льный ана́лиз да́нных (intellektuálʹnyj análiz dánnyx)technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Spanish minería de datos
  • minería de datostechnique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
Cite this entry
APA

data mining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20mining

MLA

“data mining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20mining. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data mining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20mining.

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