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Garbage in, garbage out

Well-known computer adage which refers to the fact that the contents of a database are only as good as the data originally entered. Data entered incorrectly will not provide accurate search results and will lead users to rely on incorrect information.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
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