error-detecting code
nounA special set of rules that helps a computer notice when some of its information has gotten messed up.
The app uses an error-detecting code so it can warn you if a file was damaged while downloading.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A coding scheme that adds extra bits so a receiver can tell that a message was corrupted, even if it cannot fix it.
The network protocol relies on an error-detecting code to flag packets that arrive with flipped bits.
3. Any method, such as a checksum or cyclic redundancy check, used to verify that stored or transmitted data is unchanged.
Engineers added an error-detecting code to the sensor readings to catch glitches in the signal.
4. In computing education, a simple pattern like a parity bit used to teach how computers guard against mistakes.
Students learned how an error-detecting code can spot a single wrong bit in a byte.