Cyclic Redundancy Check

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Sometimes called "cyclic redundancy code." A type of checksum algorithm that is not a cryptographic hash but is used to implement data integrity service where accidental changes to data are expected.

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§1: Sometimes called "cyclic redundancy code." A type of checksum algorithm that is not a cryptographic hash but is used to implement data integrity service where accidental changes to data are expected.

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§1: an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data