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checksum

noun

Etymology

From check + sum.

  1. derived from sum — “catfish”
  2. compounded as checksum — “check + sum”

Definitions

  1. A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether…

    A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.

  2. To compute a checksum.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for checksum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA