Definition: Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)


Data stored or transmitted with data to detect corruption. By calculating the CRC data and comparing it to the original data sent, the receiver can detect some types of transmission errors.




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Kilobyte (KB)

Expression used to describe storage capacity or amount of data. One kilobyte is 1024 bytes/characters.

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