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check bits

A calculated number used for error checking. The number is derived by some formula from the binary value of one or more bytes of data. See parity checking, checksum and CRC.

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Then once the n Bs have recovered their bits, they will perform an XOR operation of the check bits and sent to A for verification.

} End In decoding, the check bits combined with side information can be grouped together into new words to correct error.

In decoding, the check bits and side information are combined in a new code word to correct errors.

The process is terminated with a wrong result if all random links have an EMPTY value and all check bits have a value of 1.


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