GIGO

(pronounced: gig-oh)

An acronym used in texting, online chat, instant messaging, e-mail, blogs, and newsgroup postings, it is also considered a form of online jargon or text message shorthand.

An acronym used primarily in texting, online [[chat or chatting|chat]], instant messaging, e-mail, blogs, and newsgroup postings, it is also considered a form of online jargon or text message shorthand.

Historical perspective: The "LIFO" term originated in the accounting profession and refers to how on-hand inventory is valued when it is issued. For example, do you use the EARLIEST received material price (FIFO system - - First In, First Out) or the LATEST received material price (LIFO system - - Last In, First Out) to cost the transaction and remaining inventory.   The "FISH" (First In, Still Here) was a humorous, sarcastic combination of the LIFO & FIFO, commenting on the excessive and/or "dead inventory" that a company might be carrying. Programmers and other may have appropriated the LIFO & FIFO & FISH terms for similar conditions (and evolved other derivations, like the GIGO & NINO), but the original usage came from the accounting world.

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