data hygiene

data hygiene definition - computer

The condition of data in a database. Clean data are error free or have very few errors. Dirty data have errors, including incorrect spelling and punctuation of names and addresses, redundant data in several records or simply erroneous data (not the correct amounts, names, etc.). See address cleansing.



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