Usually means: Input quality affects output quality.
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  1. garbage in, garbage out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Garbage in, garbage out)

noun:  In computer science, garbage in, garbage out is the concept that flawed, biased or poor quality ("garbage") information or input produces a result or output of similar ("garbage") quality.


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