data mining

noun

: the practice of searching through large amounts of computerized data to find useful patterns or trends

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Emotions will never be fully understood through complex data mining. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 Age: 57 | Source of wealth: Software firm Karp is cofounder and CEO of data mining firm Palantir Technologies, a defense contractor that does work for government agencies such as the Department of Defense and the FBI. John Hyatt, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 And in October 2015, as CMS department chiefs were batting around ideas to crack down on billing abuses, including reinstating the 2014 regulation on data mining, the agency was led by Andy Slavitt, a former executive vice president of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group. Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024 However, given the potential power of data mining and machine learning models, this is not an impossible task. Karen Firestone, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for data mining 

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of data mining was in 1968

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“Data mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data%20mining. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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