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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pattern matching

/păt'-ẽrn măch'-ĭng/ · Pat·tern match·ing · IPA
01 n. A technique in automated data analysis, usually performed on a computer, by which a group of characteristic properties of an unknown object…
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    A technique in automated data analysis, usually performed on a computer, by which a group of characteristic properties of an unknown object is compared with the comparable groups of characteristics of a set of known objects, to discover the idenity or proper classification of the unknown object.(Computers)