GIGO

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  GIGO
       n : (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

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  GIGO
       Garbage In Garbage Out
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  GIGO /gi:'goh/ [acronym] 1. `Garbage In, Garbage Out' -- usually said
     in response to {luser}s 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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  GIGO
       
          /gi:'goh/ 1. Garbage In, Garbage Out.  A reference to the fact
          that computers, unlike humans, will unquestioningly process
          the most nonsensical of input data and produce nonsensical
          output.  Of course a properly written program will reject
          input data that is obviously erroneous but such checking is
          not always easy to specify and is tedious to write.
       
          GIGO is 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 "computerised" data.
       
          [{Jargon File}]