Cyclic redundancy check
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cyclic-redundancy-check-205-9749326
title:
Cyclic redundancy check
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A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is an error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to digital data. Blocks of data entering these systems get a short check value attached, based on the remainder of a polynomial division of their contents. On retrieval, the calculation is repeated and, in the event the check values do not match, corrective action can be taken against data corruption. CRCs can be used for error correction. CRCs are so call
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Error-detecting code for detecting data changes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check
date created:
2002-02-12T09:51:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T09:07:37Z
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