data miner

data miner

Something that extracts or gathers data from a computer. "Spyware" is a malicious type of data miner. IT is going to use a data miner to get us that information. I bet Ben put a data miner on my computer to spy on me! Your computer's running really slow? You better hope there's no viruses or data miners on there.

See also: data, miner

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

data miner

verb

See spyware

See also: data, miner

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.