数据挖掘(Data Mining)，就是从存放在数据库，数据仓库或其他信息库中的大量的数据中获取有效的、新颖的、潜在有用的、最终可理解的模式的非平凡过程。

-Data Mining (Data Mining), that is stored in the database from the data warehouse or other repository of large amounts of data to obtain valid, novel, potentially useful and ultimately understandable patterns of non-trivial process.