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Garbage In, Garbage Out (GIGO)

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Garbage In, Garbage Out (GIGO)

Garbage In, Garbage Out (GIGO) refers to how the quality of an output is determined by the quality of input. It is used to express the idea that input that is of poor quality or flawed will always result in poor quality output, or that arguments based on flawed premises will always be inaccurate.

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