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The difference between impression or click counts recorded by two systems measuring the same delivery, usually the publisher's ad server and the advertiser's. Discrepancies of a few percent are normal and arise from timing, ad blocking, counting methods, and filtering. IAB guidelines treat discrepancies under 10 percent as within tolerance; billing is usually reconciled to the party specified in the Insertion Order.

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