Glossary of Data Communications Terms

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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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