Reed-Solomon
/riːd ˈsɒləmən/
noun — "an error-correcting code that protects data against burst errors by adding redundant symbols."
Hamming Code
/ˈhæmɪŋ koʊd/
noun — "an error-correcting code that detects and corrects single-bit mistakes in data."
Cyclic Redundancy Check
/ˌsiː-ɑːr-ˈsiː/
n. “The digital fingerprint that checks your data for errors.”
CRC, short for Cyclic Redundancy Check, is an error-detecting code used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to raw data. By applying a mathematical algorithm to the data, CRC generates a fixed-size checksum (also called a CRC value) that can be used to verify data integrity during transmission or storage.
Key characteristics of CRC include: