CHECK CHARACTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does check character mean? 

• CHECK CHARACTER (noun)
  The noun CHECK CHARACTER has 1 sense:

1. a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission

  Familiarity information: CHECK CHARACTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHECK CHARACTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("check character" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Domain category:

transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)