Cyclical Redundancy Check
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Error checking mechanism that verifies data integrity by computing a polynomial algorithm based checksum.
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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
A method to ensure data has not been altered after being sent through a communication channel.
Classifications
Entity Type
Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- CRC
- plural
- Cyclical Redundancy Checks
- possessive
- Cyclical Redundancy Check's
- pluralpossessive
- Cyclical Redundancy Checks'