ECC at Computer Glossary

What is it? ECC (either error correction ]or correcting[ code or error checking and correcting) allows data that is being read or transmitted to be checked for errors and, when necessary, corrected on the fly. It differs from parity checking in that errors are not only detected but also corrected. ECC is increasingly being designed into data storage and transmission hardware as data rates (and therefore error rates) increase.

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