錯誤檢測比錯誤糾正簡單得多,並且一個或多個“校驗”位通常嵌入在信用卡號碼中,以便檢測錯誤。早期的太空探測器如水手號使用了一種稱為分組碼的糾錯碼,而最近的太空探測器使用卷積碼。糾錯碼也用於 CD 播放器、高速調變解調器和蜂窩電話。調變解調器在計算校驗和時使用錯誤檢測,校驗和是給定傳輸中數字的和模某個數。ISBN(用於標識書籍)也包含一個校驗位。
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