confabulation

n 1: an informal conversation [syn: {chat}, {confab}]

2: (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in

gaps in what is remembered

conflation

Combining or blending of two or more versions of a

text; confusion or mixing up. Conflation {algorithms} are

used in {databases}.

[Any specific technical meaning?]

(1996-04-14)