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garbage in, garbage out

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garbage in, garbage out

Summary

garbage in, garbage out is an idiom[1]. It draws 320 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #15 of 97).[2]

Key Facts

  • garbage in, garbage out's instance of is recorded as idiom[3].
  • garbage in, garbage out's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03c85[4].
  • garbage in, garbage out's facet of is recorded as computer science[5].
  • garbage in, garbage out's name is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'skräp in, skräp ut'}[6].
  • garbage in, garbage out's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 120109908[7].
  • garbage in, garbage out's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Garbage+in%2C+garbage+out[8].

Why It Matters

garbage in, garbage out draws 320 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #15 of 97).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

computer science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . scb.se. Retrieved . scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_garbage-in-garbage-out_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{garbage in, garbage out}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/garbage-in-garbage-out}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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