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validation|vælɪˈdeɪʃən|
[f. prec.: cf. F. validation (16th c.), Sp. validacion, Pg. -ação, It. -azione.]
a. The action of validating or making valid.
1656Blount Glossogr. [copying Cotgrave], Validation, a strengthning, inforcement, confirming; an establishing or ratifying. 1847in Webster (citing Knowles). 1872Echo 3 Oct. 6 Father Hyacynthe has just applied to the French tribunals for the validation of his civil marriage. 1888Act 51 & 52 Vict. c. 42 §5 An instrument, the enrolment whereof is required..for the validation of an assurance. 1957Kendall & Buckland Dict. Statistical Terms 309 Validation, a procedure which provides, by reference to independent sources, evidence that an inquiry is free from bias or otherwise conforms to its declared purpose. In statistics it is usually applied to a sample investigation with the object of showing that the sample is reasonably representative. 1967D. Wilson in Wills & Yearsley Handbk. Management Technol. 44 In commercial applications the first step is normally the validation of the input data. 1967Oxford Computer Explained 13 After validation, the records are converted to magnetic tape. 1980C. S. French Computer Sci. xvii. 91 When data is first input to the computer, different checks can be applied to prevent errors going forward for processing. For this reason, the first computer run is often referred to as validation or data vet.
b. attrib.
1965A. G. Favret Introd. Digital Computer Applications xii. 184 The ‘A’ type transactions are processed daily through a validation run on the computer which checks for completeness and, to some extent, for the correctness of the data. 1967Oxford Computer Explained 8 All programs, except a special general purpose validation routine, would be written in Cobol. 1969Computers & Humanities III. 130 Validation criteria contain limits the user places on specific items. 1973Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. CXXIII. 11 A validation study..had found that among others, the IE test was correlated (negatively) with the ACL self-confidence scale. 1979Sci. Amer. Sept. 99/2 All keyed entries are subjected to validation procedures, so errors are caught and corrected on the spot. |