GIGO

Definition: GIGO

GIGO

Noun

1. (computer science) a rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input; put garbage in and you get garbage out.

Specialty Definitions: GIGO

Domain	Definitions
Computing	GIGO /gi:'goh/ [acronym] 1. `Garbage In, Garbage Out' -- usually said in response to lusers who complain that a program didn't "do the right thing" when given imperfect input or otherwise mistreated in some way. Also commonly used to describe failures in human decision making due to faulty, incomplete, or imprecise data. 2. `Garbage In, Gospel Out': this more recent expansion is a sardonic comment on the tendency human beings have to put excessive trust in `computerized' data. Source: Jargon File.
Census	(Garbage In, Garbage Out) A term used to refer to the principle that invalid data entered into a computer produces invalid output. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: GIGO

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
Gigo	English	Garbage in-garbage out	N/A
GIGO	Finnish	"roskaa sisään-roskaa ulos	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Frequency of Internet Keywords: GIGO

Modern Translations: GIGO

Language		Translations for "GIGO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		gigo. (various references)

Dutch		gigo. (various references)

Finnish		GIGO, "roskaa sisään-roskaa ulos. (various references)

French		gigo, faux en entrée/faux en sortie. (various references)

German		Gigo-Effekt. (various references)

Greek		λαθεμένα εισαγόμενα/λαθεμένα εξαγόμενα. (various references)

Italian		gigo. (various references)

Pig Latin		igogay

Portuguese		gigo, falso � entrada-falso � saída, entra lixo-sai lixo. (various references)

Spanish		entrada falsa/salida falsa. (various references)

Swedish		skräp in-skräp ut. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: GIGO

Derivations
	Words beginning with "GIGO": gigolo, gigolos, gigot, gigots. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"GIGO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gago, Gegu, Geogg, Geogh, Gge, Gidom, Gigge, Gigio, Gigon, Gigou, Gimo, Girga, Gogoi, Golgo, Grigio, Grigor, Guggum, Higoi, Jigoku, Ngiro. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: GIGO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-g-i-o"
	-1 letter: gig.
	-2 letters: go.
	Words containing the letters "g-g-i-o"
	+1 letter: gigot, going.
	+2 letters: doggie, giglot, gigolo, gigots, gingko, ginkgo, goings, goring, gringo, loggia, loggie, moggie, noggin, ogling.
	+3 letters: boggier, bogging, boggish, bonging, cogging, dodging, doggier, doggies, dogging, doggish, foggier, foggily, fogging, forging, gaoling, georgic, gigaton, giglots, gigolos, ginkgos, globing, gloving, glowing, glozing, goading, goaling, gobbing, godding, godling, golfing, gonging, goofing, goosing, gorging, gosling, gouging, gowning, gringos, groping, growing, hogging, hoggish, ingoing, isagoge, jogging, lodging, loggias, loggier, logging, longing, moggies, mogging, nogging, noggins, ongoing, ponging, roguing, rouging, soggier, soggily, togging, tonging, upgoing, voguing.
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