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GIGO

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000481

An acronym standing for "Garbage In, Garbage Out," a principle in computer science and data processing. It illustrates that the quality of a system's output is directly dependent on the quality of its input data. If flawed or incorrect data is fed into a system, the resulting output will also be flawed or incorrect, regardless of the processing logic.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000481
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000481",
  "term": "GIGO",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "An acronym standing for \"Garbage In, Garbage Out,\" a principle in computer science and data processing. It illustrates that the quality of a system's output is directly dependent on the quality of its input data. If flawed or incorrect data is fed into a system, the resulting output will also be flawed or incorrect, regardless of the processing logic.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/gigo/"
}

Record 528 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.