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- GIGO
- Stands for Garbage In, Garbage Out.
It means that if invalid data is entered in a computer program, the resulting output will also be invalid. So if a program asked you to enter a letter of the alphabet and you decided to be funny and enter '3.14159', there is a good chance the results you would get back would be pretty messed up, or 'garbage.'
Because we computer users are not always smart enough to enter valid data, programmers have to take extensive
measures to prevent GIGO errors and
have to think one step ahead of what
someone might type it.
There is a cost to this - the more
time the programmer spends in
checking for garbage the slower
things become, because its not doing
what you want, it is checking that
you have had your Morning Coffee
yet.
There would be less chances of error
if the result of miss typing was
your keyboard caught fire or a large
spike shot out of the screen!
The true result of GIGO errors on
the doghouse is missing adverts or
profiles (like how can you be in NYC
and be in the London timezone -
unless you have a sleep disorder),
the inability to logon or
inconsistent behaviour of the system
- like "it was ok last time..."
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