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Definition Of Data Mining:

Sifting through very large amounts of data for useful information.
Data mining uses artificial intelligence techniques, neural networks, and advanced statistical tools (such as cluster analysis) to reveal trends, patterns, and relationships, which might otherwise have remained undetected. In contrast to an expert system (which draws inferences from the given data on the basis of a given set of rules) data mining attempts to discover hidden rules underlying the data. Also called data surfing.

Other Definition Of Information Technology Terms:

Data Reduction
Data Repository
Data Surfing
Data Warehouse
Decision Theory
Deduction

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