Artifact
Artifact (American English) or artefact (British English) may refer to: == Science and technology == Artifact (error), misleading or confusing alteration in data or observation, commonly in experimental science, resulting from flaws in technique or equipment Compression artifact, a loss of clarity caused by the data compression of an image, audio, or video Digital artifact, any undesired alteration in data introduced during its digital processing Sonic artifact, in sound and music production, sonic material that is accidental or unwanted, resulting from the editing of another sound.