self-correcting code
nounA self-correcting code is a special set of rules that helps a computer find and fix mistakes in its own data.
The satellite uses a self-correcting code so its messages stay clear even when the signal gets noisy.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A code in which extra bits are added so that errors can be detected and repaired automatically.
Engineers added a self-correcting code to the memory chip to guard against random bit flips.
3. Any system or process that can detect its own faults and adjust itself without outside help.
The robot's self-correcting code let it steer back on course after bumping the wall.
4. In computing, a scheme that encodes data with enough redundancy to recover the original message.
The file was stored with a self-correcting code, so it opened perfectly despite the damaged disk.