check character

1. 1.

   a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission

   Broadercharacter

   transmission

Questions about check character

What does check character mean?

check character means "a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission".

Is check character a common word?

check character is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.