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Noun: cyclic redundancy check
  1. An error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data
    "The file transfer failed when the cyclic redundancy check detected corruption";
    - CRC

Derived forms: cyclic redundancy checks

Type of: ECC, error correction code

Encyclopedia: Cyclic redundancy check