newbie stupid question - what does OLAP stand for

[Rousseau10]

what does OLAP mena.

Also could some explain what a data wharehouse and warehousing and data mining are.

I feel so stupid to not know these things yet??!!

thanks

 

[johnherman]

On Line Analytical Processing

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