Syllabus: Computer Science
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Methods of error detection

Parity checks, checksums, echo checks, check digits and automatic repeat request.

Data can be damaged on its way from one device to another. In this lesson you learn how a computer notices that something went wrong, and what it does next.

You will meet the five methods that appear in the exam: parity checks, checksums, echo checks, check digits and automatic repeat request.

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