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than was initially provided from measurement or user input. For example, a person enters their birthday as the date 1984-01-01 but it is stored in a database as 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z which introduces the artificial precision of the hour, minute, and second they were born, and may even affect the date,
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is a source of error that occurs when a numerical value or semantic is expressed with more
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depending on the user's actual place of birth. This is also an example of
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Smith, N. J. J. (2008). "Worldly Vagueness and Semantic Indeterminacy".
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numerical mathematics
precision
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false precision
accuracy and precision
significant figures
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