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garbage noun [ ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ ]

• rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse.
• "garbage littered the estate"
Similar: refuse, domestic refuse, waste, waste material, debris, detritus, litter, junk, scrap, discarded matter, filth, swill, muck, dross, scraps, scourings, leftovers, remains, slops, rubbish, trash, mullock, drek, dreck, grot, gash, debitage, draff, raffle, raff, cultch, orts,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘offal’): from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.

garbage in, garbage out

• used to express the idea that in computing and other fields, incorrect or poor-quality input will produce faulty output.



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