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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
Definition:
an algorithm designed to generate a check field used to
guard against errors against which may occur in data
transmission; the check field is often generated by taking
the remainder after dividing all the serialized bits in a
block of data by a predetermined binary number.
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