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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Sector

Smallest data unit accessible on disk. Normally 512 bytes. See block.

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