Re: Errors in USCO database

On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Spectrum Press wrote:
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> But for entries that have not yet been made, I'm suggesting an error
> code algorithm be used to at least flag errors caused by twitches in
> the computerized search engine. That's the third source of errors.
> The trio is initial data, entry of data, and data retrieval. The
> first two are human errors, the second is machine error. Machine
> errors can be prevented, or at least flagged.

I'm just guessing, but I'd betcha that machine errors are an insignificant or nonexistent source of errors in the database.

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