错误检测比错误纠正简单得多,并且一个或多个“校验”位通常嵌入在信用卡号码中,以便检测错误。早期的太空探测器如水手号使用了一种称为分组码的纠错码,而最近的太空探测器使用卷积码。纠错码也用于 CD 播放器、高速调制解调器和蜂窝电话。调制解调器在计算校验和时使用错误检测,校验和是给定传输中数字的和模某个数。ISBN(用于标识书籍)也包含一个校验位。
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