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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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reconciliation

/ˌrek.ən.sɪl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The monthly ritual of explaining why two numbers differ, after which both are kept.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The process of comparing two or more datasets that should agree and identifying, explaining, and resolving every difference between them.

Evidence

See also

breakA difference between two numbers, resolved by writing down why it is fine and changing neither.
consistencyThe state of two systems agreeing, usually because no one has joined them yet.
single version of the truthThe truth that everyone agreed to, and then maintained a personal copy of, just in case.