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error correction code

DEFINITIONS OF: error correction code

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n (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors

Synonyms:
ECC
Types:
cyclic redundancy check
an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data
Type of:
code, computer code
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
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