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garbage something down Sl. to gobble something up; to quickly swallow something down. Don't garbage your food down! That guy will garbage down almost anything. Garbage in, garbage out. Prov. If you give nonsensical instructions to people or computers, those instructions will produce nonsensical results. Jill: Why is my computer generating all this gibberish? Jane: You must have made a mistake in the program. Garbage in, garbage out. Ed insists that children are so ignorant nowadays because their teachers are incompetent. "Garbage in, garbage out," he says. See also: out Garbage in, garbage out. (mainly American) something you say which means that something produced from materials of low quality will also be of low quality The meals are pretty poor but then they never use fresh ingredients - garbage in, garbage out. See also: out How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In visioning, as in so many other processes, the GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) principle prevails. As my friends in information management are fond of saying, GIGO -- garbage in, garbage out. Towner Scheffler, Mine Safety Appliances Company, and Jon Wilson, The Dynamic Consultant, LLC, round out Tuesday with their sessions "Fundamentals of Electro-chemical Gas Sensors" and "Vibration Sensor Selection: GIGO or GIGO? |
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