"false drop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false drops [plural]
Etymology: From rod- (needle-) based retrieval in edge-punched card-based data systems. Head templates: {{en-noun}} false drop (plural false drops)
  1. A non-targeted card that falls out from a card data deck, when a rod search is performed. Categories (topical): Information science
    Sense id: en-false_drop-en-noun-KxP0VDFf Disambiguation of Information science: 19 28 29 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 20 25 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 26 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 25 27 21
  2. Targets, hits, that are not relevant in an information retrieval search. Categories (topical): Information science
    Sense id: en-false_drop-en-noun-9U1kMV6h Disambiguation of Information science: 19 28 29 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 20 25 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 26 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 25 27 21
  3. Retrieved, but unwanted, document representations. Categories (topical): Information science
    Sense id: en-false_drop-en-noun-mqcjf4F- Disambiguation of Information science: 19 28 29 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 20 25 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 26 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 25 27 21
  4. noise in an information retrieval search. Categories (topical): Information science
    Sense id: en-false_drop-en-noun-TRiFrm1w Disambiguation of Information science: 19 28 29 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 20 25 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 26 27 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 25 27 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: false hit, false retrieval Translations (to learn the basics): documento recuperado no pertinente (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to learn the basics': 26 21 26 27

Inflected forms

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