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Question A-005-008-003

What is the purpose of a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)?

Correct Answer

Error detection

Explanation

A CRC is an error-detecting code. The sender calculates a short check value based on the data block, and appends it. The receiver recalculates it; if they don't match, an error is detected.

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