"[...] data mining is a step in the knowledge discovery from databases (KDD) process that consists of applying data analysis and discovery algorithms to produce a particular enumeration of patterns (or models) across the data."
Source: Mikut, Ralf and Reischl, Markus (2011). Data mining tools. WIREs - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. Volume 1. Issue 5. Pages: 431-443.
Online: https://doi.org/10.1002/widm.24