provenience

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where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"

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noun

where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for provenience.

noun

where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"

See also: birthplace, cradle, provenance

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"Cheap mass market product of mostly unknown provenience" and "in my WiFi network" are simply two things that do not fit well together.

You can have an instance of a server of an unknown provenience and/or regional settings and still count on yyyy-MMM-dd to be correctly recognized.

I wouldn't put stuff of unknown provenience or quality into any of my body's orifices, ears included.

Since the thieves generally didn't take good notes, it could require a lot of time, effort, and knowledge to determine an artifact's provenience.

I think I read somewhere the provenience of strncpy was to copy strings into a fixed length field which is why it has the deranged behavior of not terminating the string.

But, in a world where we don't go through people's statements and rigorously examine the provenience of each of them, argument from authority is a valid heuristic.

I admit that I'm guilty of pretty much what I accused those music databases of — passing along unvetted secondhand information...But let me try: An ideal data source has a traceable provenience to a reputable authority.