Data mining - Glossary Good prospects ahead for data mining Glossary Published by Australian Academy of Science Sponsored by algorithm.
Computer memory is measured in bytes.
1 byte is equivalent to 8 bits. The information in a byte is equivalent to a letter in a word. A hierarchy of rules within a computer program, represented by a tree-like structure, that enables a set of data to be classified. A series of selection criteria classify the data into smaller and smaller categories. A method of classification that uses a weighted sum.