checksum

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Noun

checksum (plural checksums)

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

Translations

• French: somme de contrôle
• German: Prüfsumme
• Portuguese: checksum, soma de verificação
• Russian: контро́льная су́мма
• Spanish: suma de verificación, checksum

Verb

checksum (checksums, present participle checksumming; past and past participle checksummed)

1. (mathematics, computing) To compute a checksum.

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