idiom
Garbage In, Garbage Out
GAR-bij in GAR-bij owt
/ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ ɪn ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ aʊt/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
garbageingarbageout
Dictionary meaning
The principle that poor-quality input data inevitably leads to poor-quality output or results
History and origin
Computing principle coined in the early days of digital computing
Examples
- Garbage in, garbage out: biased training data will always produce a biased model.
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