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Computers A popular term for ‘nonsense’ produced by a printer—e.g., incorrect ASCII characters versus text, often due to loose cables to the printer or due to use of an incorrect printer driver
Drug slang Regional street term for inferior quality drugs
Vox populi American for solid (municipal) waste; rubbish
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With our fresh pre-conversion perspective in place, many GIGO pitfalls readily suggest themselves.
Look upstream to avoid 'GIGO' pitfalls in extrusion
Gigo paslapti galima atskleisti ne veikiant pries Kito engeja, bet veikiant vardan Kito.
Ethical meaning of metaphysics and communication otherwise: E. Levinas/Etine metafizikos prasme ir komunikacija kitaip: E. Levinas
The Right, Correct Data: The old GIGO adage-Garbage In, Garbage Out-certainly applies here.
Putting S&OP on the fast track
We do not know, although I suspect a "garbage in, garbage out" (GIGO) phenomenon, leading to studies whose results are more likely related to chance than to solid reality.
The syndrome of inappropriate overconfidence in computing: an invasion of medicine by the information technology industry?
Without highly specialized knowledge of insurance policy language, database construction can easily fall victim to the GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) phenomenon.
Historic insurance assets
This is one aspect of the GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) principle.
Information modeling and relational databases
Computers may appear to be intelligent, but they are really inert, and subject to the laws of GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out) and WYSYWYG, pronounced wizziwig, which is, What You See Is What You Get.
So, have you met Wilf yet?
Compare the following terms: vaporware, word processors, DOS, GIGO, Internet, Fortran, Centromine with paradigm shifts, RHIOs (regional health information organizations), technology-driven transformation, resistance to change, outcomes, recent initiatives, incentivize, neu-rotechnology, and interoperability.
The times are A-changin': three recent conferences on behavioral health IT highlight the technologic challenges ahead for the field
Senor Gigo 7g Mistertopogigo - Lady Carol 90/F8-5P He jumped and travelledwell in the Exeter novice chase won by Dancer Life, and just blew up that day.
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But engineers must always remember "GIGO," or "garbage in equals garbage out".
Engineering basics: Start with the End in Mind

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