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The theory of error detecting and correcting codes is that branch of engineering and mathematics which deals with the reliable transmission and storage of data. Information media are not 100% reliable in practice, in the sense that noise (any form of interference) frequently causes data to be distorted. To deal with this undesirable but inevitable situation, some form of redundancy is incorporated in the original data. With this redundancy, even if errors are introduced (up to some tolerance level), the original information can be recovered, or at least the presence of errors can be detected. A small example serves to illustrate the concepts.
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Vanstone, S.A., van Oorschot, P.C. (1989). INTRODUCTION and FUNDAMENTALS. In: An Introduction to Error Correcting Codes with Applications. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 71. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2032-7_1
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