garbage in, garbage out

Proverb

Japanese Meaning

入力データが不完全、不正確、適時でなければ、出力も信頼に足るものとはならず、役に立たない結果になる。 / 適切な情報が入力されなければ、その結果も同様に質が低く、実用性に欠けるという警句。

What is this buttons?

In machine translation and data analysis, the proverb garbage in, garbage out warns that if input data are incomplete, inaccurate, or out of date, the resulting output will be unreliable.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

機械翻訳やデータ分析では、「入力が悪ければ出力も悪い」という格言が、入力データが不完全・不正確・古い場合には出力が信頼できないことを警告しています。

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Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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garbage in

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garbage out

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