data mining
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. Also the present participle and gerund of data mine.
Noun
data mining (uncountable)
- A 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
Also used as
data mining is also the present participle and gerund of data mine.
data mining meaning in Arabic and Persian
data mining in Arabic
- technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
- تنقيب في البيانات
data mining in Persian
- technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
- کاوش در دادهها, داده کاوی
Forms of data mining
| alternative form | data-mining |
|---|---|
| alternative form | datamining |
Questions about data mining
- What does data mining mean?
- Data mining means a technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.
- What is data mining in Arabic?
- Data mining in Arabic is تنقيب في البيانات. See Data mining meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is data mining?
- Data mining is a noun.
Words near data mining in the dictionary
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