ERROR CORRECTION CODE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does error correction code mean? 

• ERROR CORRECTION CODE (noun)
  The noun ERROR CORRECTION CODE has 1 sense:

1. (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors

  Familiarity information: ERROR CORRECTION CODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERROR CORRECTION CODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ECC; error correction code

Hypernyms ("error correction code" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)

Domain category:

telecommunication ((often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "error correction code"):

cyclic redundancy check (an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data)