mining

exploitation minière

Activité consistant à extraire du sol des matières précieuses, comme le charbon ou l’or.

En anglais simple : Taking valuable materials, such as coal or gold, out of the ground.

• Coal mining was once common here.
• The village grew wealthy through gold mining.
• Mining has damaged the nearby river.

Synonymes : extraction

Expressions courantes : coal mining, gold mining, mining industry

minage de cryptomonnaies

Utilisation d’ordinateurs pour vérifier des paiements numériques par des calculs difficiles et obtenir de nouvelles unités de monnaie.

En anglais simple : Using computers to check digital currency payments and earn new coins by solving difficult calculations.

• Bitcoin mining uses powerful computers.
• Electricity costs made cryptocurrency mining less profitable.
• They bought new hardware for mining.

Expressions courantes : bitcoin mining, cryptocurrency mining, mining equipment

fouille de données, extraction

Recherche approfondie dans une source pour en tirer des informations utiles ou d’autres éléments précieux.

En anglais simple : Searching deeply through something to take out useful information or other valuable things.

• Data mining revealed a clear pattern.
• Text mining helped us find common topics in the letters.
• His mining for positive results ignored much of the evidence.

Comment l'utiliser : mining for something (The report describes their mining for useful information in old records.)

Synonymes : extraction

Expressions courantes : data mining, text mining, mining for information

minage, pose de mines

Installation d’explosifs cachés sur terre ou dans l’eau pour blesser des personnes ou endommager des véhicules ou navires.

En anglais simple : Placing hidden bombs on land or in water to damage people, vehicles, or ships.

• Mining made the harbour dangerous.
• The army’s mining of roads delayed the enemy.
• Naval mining prevented ships from entering the bay.

Synonymes : minelaying

Expressions courantes : naval mining, mining operations, mining of roads