error detection code

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Definitions:

A code computed from data and comprised of redundant bits of information designed to detect, but not correct, unintentional changes in the data.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from FIPS 140-2

A code computed from data and comprised of redundant bits of information that have been designed to detect unintentional changes in the data.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-152 under Error-detection code

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