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Definition
Massive database (typically housed on a cluster of servers, or a mini or mainframe computer) serving as a centralized repository of all data generated by all departments and units of a large organization. Advanced data mining software is required to extract meaningful information from a data warehouse. The term was coined by the US consultant W. H. Inmon.
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data warehouse is in the Information & Knowledge Management, Information Science & Technology and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.
data warehouse appears in the definitions of the following terms: data mart, management information system (MIS) and online analytical processing (OLAP)
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